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Researchers have put to bed an important question: is our genetic makeup responsible for an overabundance of abdominal fat, or is our diet the most significant factor?
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Want to learn about innovation? Study hip hop. From the early dance halls to the Wu-Tang Clan, cognitive friction has made hip hop better and better.
In a #MeToo-inspired rebranding effort, Miss America is ditching its swimsuit competition to focus more on contestants’ personalities.
At this rate, the country of Japan will have zero population in the year 2500.
Apple's privacy controls just got a big boost with iOS 12.
Hawaii continues its history of progressive climate policy by pledging to become carbon neutral by 2045, a move that would make it the first such state in the country.
A new study suggests that the genes that are associated with schizophrenia are switched on in the placenta when a pregnancy complication occurs.
Was Oscar Wilde—witty author, gay rights icon, and lover of champagne and material beauty—a radical socialist?
In any successful workplace, it is important to have employees and leaders who have the “people skills” that help them make better decisions and learn successfully from others. It is […]
Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser, founders of the popular blog, have landed at ORBITER.
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What's the difference between making it and faking it? Getting it done, no matter what.
From Memojis to revamped and improved AR, here's the most interesting and useful new features from Apple.
On Monday, the Supreme Court set aside the ruling against Jack Phillips, a baker who cited religious beliefs as the reason he refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2012.
Starbucks is only the latest example of a very old systemic problem. Are these trainings effective?
Current climate change models are flawed when predicting the true cost to the world, new study says.
President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday that the Russia investigation is unconstitutional and that he has the right to pardon himself, even though he's "done nothing wrong!"
The teenager statistics are even more shocking.
This is what the world will look like, 250 million years from now
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What makes a job a great place to work? A sense of equity and ownership, says Michael Bush.
A new study from the Great Recession shows that anxiety around money is not helping us. How do we stop worrying?