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It’s not clear if the Democrats have the votes to get health care reform through Congress. Earlier versions of the bill have already passed both the House and the Senate—and, […]
Then check out these guys. The “coffee party” had about 29,000 Facebook “fans” on the morning of March 1, according to this New York Times story. By the same afternoon, […]
CNN president Jon Klein said yesterday that the competition he fears the most comes from social media sites rather than rival cable news channels: “I’m more worried about the 500 […]
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At some point in her sophisticated, adult life, the “Happiness Project” author had to break down and confess her undying love of “Anne of Green Gables.”
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Whenever we get something we want, we seem to want something else. How can we escape the loop and learn to be content?
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Some people stay cheerful no matter what. Other people want to strangle those people. But optimists work hard on their attitude, says Gretchen Rubin—and the rest of us should take […]
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“Happiness” is a mythical destination that remains permanently out of reach. So why not just improve your life one step at a time?
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The “Happiness Project” author describes two frequent mistakes people make in setting goals for themselves.
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The “Happiness Project” author on the difference between book writing and blogging, and whether interacting with Internet commenters brightens or darkens her day.
Iraq stands on the edge of a precipice. Widespread claims of electoral fraud have emerged over the past few days as the country went to the polls, and in Brussels, […]
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For one year, Gretchen Rubin tested the wisdom of some of history’s leading experts on happiness, including Aristotle and John Stuart Mill. Did their advice hold up?
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Happiness begins with concrete, manageable steps. But it must take on a more transcendent aspect as well.
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A conversation with the author of “The Happiness Project.”
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The climate change issue is much more complex than a low carbon economy.
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After analyzing the most important factors for the sustainability of Nestle, water became a priority for the company.
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Peter Brabeck wonders if there is a fundamental problem with financial institutions dictating the framework of our outlook on the future.
Fear, guilt and shame often push people into coping behaviors, which ease the momentary pain, even as they hurt long-term. Smoking, for instance. Or binge-drinking. And one path to fear, […]
Chickens don’t follow the mammalian model in the way that gender is assigned to them before birth according to discoveries by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.
Remarkably well preserved genetic information has been found in the fossilised eggshells of an extinct species of elephant bird from Madagascar, the biggest bird ever to walk this earth.
A new study using mice has revealed that the root of psychiatric disorder attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might be found in an overactive protein.