Legislators in several different states are trying to keep cursive alive by introducing bills mandating its teaching. Some experts—including the architects of common core—don’t feel it’s a priority.
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Sleep as we know it has changed over the past few centuries thanks to the invention of the light bulb. The 8-hour sleep cycle may conflict with your body’s natural rhythms.
Forget nine lives; if one interpretation of quantum mechanics is right, the cat might have an infinite number of them. Observers are the necessary, but unliked, bouncers in the elegant […]
An animal becomes so much more the instant you first love them. Image credit: me, of my first dog, Cordelia, back in 2008. “Dogs are our link to paradise. They […]
No less than 40 percent of us hold the belief that God created the world 10,000 years ago, according to three decades of Gallup surveys. But another survey seeks to delve deeper into Americans’ beliefs, and has found, when pressed, our certainty waivers.
People want to have their cake and eat it, too. But the truth is even if that cake is full of artificial sweeteners, it’s still not good for you.
Once simply a countercultural festival in the middle of the desert, Burning Man is now as commercialized as the world it presumes to tune out. Out from this image shift has thrived an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit that resonates in the non-Burning Man world.
Bad days, break-ups, or stress-filled meetings may have you craving some comfort food to ease your anxiety. But don’t reach for that chocolate bar just yet.
People are going to extremes to take better selfies and they aren’t climbing to mountain tops to do it. They’re going under the knife and getting plastic surgery.
Sports refs are human, however, they’re paid to be impartial during games. Researchers say if they don’t hail from a neutral place, they may let their bias get in the way, subconsciously.
One of the trendiest ideas in popular psychology in the last few years has been that of “ego depletion” or willpower as a limited resource. Many different books have been […]
How to Reverse Aging Enzymes like Telomerase and Resveratrol, though not the Fountain of Youth unto themselves, offer tantalizing clues to how we might someday soon unravel the aging process. […]
Children may know the words for seconds and hours as early as two, but understanding how long two minutes are versus one hour comes with experience.
The importance of breakfast is treated as axiomatic by much of society, but the myth that it’s the most important meal of the day didn’t even exist 100 years ago.
According to a new study, people want to be interested in brain science – but don’t act on that desire – or don’t get the chance.
Cesar Chavez described his life’s work in his “What the Future Holds” speech from 1984:
“All my life, I have been driven by one dream, one goal, one vision: to overthrow a farm labor system in this nation that treats farm workers as if they were not important human beings. Farm workers are not agricultural implements; they are not beasts of burden to be used and discarded.”
Torturing a suspect because he or she has knowledge of an imminent attack has more to do with feelings of retribution than the cool-headed utilitarian calculus normally supposed.
Last weekend, I sat down with a billion other people from across the globe to watch Germany battle Argentina for the World Cup final. In actuality, I was sitting in […]
A scientific legend in his own time, James Watson was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping discover the structure of DNA. Tomorrow he will sell the medal for income at a Christie’s auction.
No matter who you are, chances are you don’t see yourself as rich. That’s because the more money you make, the more money you think you need to become truly well-off.
We’re a sitting culture. We sit in cars, at work, in theaters and waiting rooms. Our sedentary lives are making us unhealthy and irritable. If you can’t dedicate yourself to a robust fitness plan, the least you can do is try standing more.
Knowing how to schedule and run an efficient meeting can mean the difference between your employees feeling positively about their day or believing they are slowing wasting their lives.
During a recent bout with depression, comedian Ruby Wax took time off from her career to pursue a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University.
The best 2015 calendar makes a great gift. And you can win one for free just for reading this blog! “We are not the same persons this year as last; […]
From cloudy nights to clear, and even during the day, this beautiful bedding brings the beauty of the Universe to you! “The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but […]
Social media swashbucklers have been hurling loads of “aarghs” and “mateys” today in celebration of the silliest made-up holiday of them all, International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The only problem: that sort of pirate talk is nothing more than the stuff of 20th century pop culture.
Nutrition Facts on food packages require some study in order to understand what it all means. The UK seeks to implement a new system, but it may make a diet soda look healthier than a basket of strawberries.
We all want to be happy. Some have even said that achieving happiness is the goal of life. But we wouldn’t look to a technology company for such wisdom, would we?
The size of the global 3D printing market, including 3D printer sales, materials and associated services, is predicted to reach $16.2 billion by 2018, a growth by over 500 percent. […]
This year marks the 133rd National Labor Day holiday in the United States. The day is meant to celebrate the labor movement of the late 19th century.