Words of wisdom from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default.”
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The apple of American politics never falls too far from the tree.
Before Oprah or Martha Stewart, Berg built an empire around her name.
Is AI about to take over? Or does it struggle to be as smart as a toddler?
Big Think’s Jason Gots reviews David McCullough’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography John Adams.
A complete refusal to accept basic facts has made a religion of our gun obsession.
Life won’t let you go; not because brighter days are right around the corner, but because it just won’t.
Londoners are defined by the sounds of their city — and here are the maps to prove it.
Words of wisdom from J.K. Rowling: “Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters; for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it through our own apathy.”
It’s a condition meant to protect us, but when it goes wrong, it makes some experience a waking nightmare.
It’s not in any form of light, and yet here we are, “seeing” the Universe all the same. “If the imprint is really due to gravitational waves from the big […]
Robert Dear’s murders at a Planned Parenthood are only the latest in a long string of terrorist attacks by Americans.
The pursuit of transcendent experiences will become a connoisseur art when we’re all unemployed.
Pulling an all-nighter and then driving home is like hopping behind the wheel after pounding drinks at the bar.
“Islamic extremism is an assault on the ideas of liberalism, on the idea of innovation, on women, on gays, on tolerance, on civilization,” says the author and social activist. She says if American cultural leaders like Ben Affleck can’t see this, it’s because they’re not paying attention.
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Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?
As neuroscience has begun studying the mind, they have looked to those who have mastered the mind. University of British Columbia researchers have verified the Buddhist belief of anatta, or not-self.
Forget asteroids, plagues, or zombies: The true apocalypse will (allegedly) be the curiosity of tattooed millennials.
And what does your choice say about your personality?
This isn’t the Matrix. Should you wish to face the ugly reality, there’s no red pill you can swallow.
“So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s memories.”
“There’s a very basic human, nonverbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression. It doesn’t have to do with body movements; it doesn’t have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual.”
Culturally and economically, modern Turkey is at a dangerous crossroads.
Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Deny Evolution If adults want to deny evolution, sure. That’s fine. Whatever. But those adults better not make their kids follow in […]
In a study of 130,000 American adults, including 19,299 psychedelics users, researchers failed to find evidence that taking psychotropic substances results in serious mental health problems.
Writing is a recent innovation in the history of human evolution. So, how then is it that our brains organize this skill?
Reading about otherworldly events tickles our brains in a way researchers couldn’t imagine — namely in the part of our brains where we process emotion.
As yoga reaches the mainstream, there are many who seek to use it as a control device, says author Shahram Shiva. He argues that young people are usually smart enough to see through the ruse.
College students will text anywhere — in the shower, on the toilet, and even while they’re having sex. So, why are young adults so compelled to respond?
New York neuroticism is the obverse of Kantian tranquility: harried, unsatisfied, anxious, perturbed. A life filled with worry and noise rather than one steeped in calm and virtue. But is this necessarily a bad thing?