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Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
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To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
With this unique opportunity to create a totally new world, why does the metaverse already feature such old-world concepts?
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
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James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.
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A professor of educational psychology explains what and what not to do.
Undiagnosed brain disease or divine inspiration? The origins of the French composer’s most provocative composition remain up for debate.
Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.
When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.
Would you work at a job that didn’t treat you like a professional? No wonder public education drove their best teachers away. The ultimate dream of public education is incredibly simple. […]