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Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.
Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.
Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
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This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future.
"Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea."
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
Why can’t more rainwater be collected for the long, dry spring and summer when it’s needed?
The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
The best-laid plans of mice and everyone else.
Pathogenic, self-propagating proteins called prions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's are also found in Down syndrome patients.
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How do we deal with information overload and unlock creativity? Build a second brain.
It isn't just identical particles that can be entangled, but even those with fundamentally different properties interfere with each other.
Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores — and now virivores.
There are four money personality types. Which are you?
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Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
And it's much, much less expensive.
From COVID and cancer vaccines to a steady drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty, there are reasons for optimism in 2023.
