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Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors unveiled its first-ever electric semi truck.

No matter what the science says, there’s no excuse for cruel behavior to a colleague. Look out into the distant Universe as far as you possibly can, and you’ll come […]

From an evolutionary perspective, religious practices and rituals are a form of play.

From illegal stimulants to formaldehyde, toxins are freely sold in supermarkets everywhere. Where is the FDA?

Find the right genes and we’ll have a way to prolong life and good health, perhaps indefinitely.

The world today is far more complex than it was 200 years ago, but the speeches and writings of the Founding Fathers point to a common general principle.

There’s no denying that technology has had an enormous impact on business communication—as well as almost every other aspect of business. The ability to instantly communicate with almost anyone from […]

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.

If the gravity isn’t where the matter is, things get into trouble very, very quickly. The above image, a composite of optical data, X-ray data, and a reconstructed mass map, is […]

The US is arguably the most scientifically and technologically advanced society in the world, and yet at the same time the most religious of Western societies.    

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Boredom has benefits. New research finds that device-free solitude deactivates high arousal emotions while reducing stress and promoting relaxation.

Previous studies suggest that intuitive thinking and spirituality are intertwined. Researchers put this to the test.

Coercion requires justification. How can we justify the invisible walls of our visa policies?  

Here’s the ideal IQ for a leader who manages the average team of humans.

Although seemingly obvious, every organization wants to have top-performing teams that can work as efficiently and effectively as humanly possible. Having a workforce of strong performers who are highly motivated […]

Grad students will be taxed at the highest rate in the country, even higher than billionaires. For millions of young people, the American dream is to study the thing you’re […]

Scientists feel under attack. This is how they’re fighting back.

In this new study, mindfulness-based intervention in schools did not move the needle on teen anxiety, depression, or body image problems.

It’s somewhat of a given that over the course of your life, you’ll lose your hearing to some degree. But that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.

At least 25% of the land that captures carbon is in the hands of indigenous people.

AI is leaving human needs and democracy behind in its race to accomplish its current profit-generating goals.

The highest paid athlete in history does not live in modern times. That person lived in Ancient Rome.

Canadian authorities have decided that the f-word is acceptable language for French Canadian broadcasts.

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The first stars formed almost half a billion years before we could see their light. Here’s why. At the moment of the Big Bang, the Universe was full of matter and […]

Religion as a belief system goes back hundreds of thousands of years. So why are so many of the religious peoples of today so focused on a supposed God that goes back only 5,000 years? The answer lies in how our brains work.

“It’s a common enough scenario. A vegetarian has been invited to a friend’s place for dinner. The host forgets that the guest is a vegetarian, and places a pork chop in front of her. What is she to do? ”    

Scientists didn’t know why the sleep deprived experienced cognitive lapses, until now.

Kids say the darndest things. They’re also far more adept at workflow management than adults are. What can we learn from them?