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Michelle Thaller from NASA examines if it's possible to put up a giant disk to block out the sun's rays and cool Earth.
Seeing our work as benefiting others really helps us to find it meaningful, and therefore more enjoyable.
There is a more accurate date for when American independence from Great Britain was declared.
The U.S military is the most powerful in the world but its cost and usefulness are worth debating.
Cosmic inflation is what happened before, and set up, the Big Bang. Here’s what it’s like to live in an inflating Universe. Our Universe today is full of matter and […]
In a fascinating and somewhat unexpected result, mild electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex part of the brain can reduce violent urges and even raise moral awareness.
Harvard psychologists identify “prevalence-induced concept change,” our tendency to raise our threshold for success as we make progress.
Finally, a study that proves that maybe it's not a good idea to spend $295,000 on a bottle of champagne.
New research shows narcissists aren't smarter than the average person, but they have a secret weapon that helps them succeed: mental toughness.
Facebook disclosed to Congress last week that it gave 61 companies special access to user data in 2015, a revelation that differs from the social media company's past claims.
In the middle of a publicity crisis, employee turnover, new leadership, or another business disruption, effective management that leads change serves as the calm in the storm. Solid management provides […]
Intelligent aliens, if they exist in the galaxy or the Universe, might be detectable from a variety of signals: electromagnetic, from planet modification, or because they’re spacefaring. But we haven’t […]
There's a reason why all the world seems to be hiding within the borders of Maine.
Current physician and former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski knows a thing or two about out-of-this-world success.
This is a remarkably rare case of non-human primate tool use in the wild. We're witnessing another species dawn of their Stone Age.
CEO time has never been studied in this kind of detail.
Louie Psihoyos — the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove — is scouting out locations for his latest project, a real-life dolphin sanctuary.
Chris Hughes earned nearly half a billion dollars after co-founding Facebook. Now he's arguing for fairer wages in the form of a $500 monthly 'social dividend' for low- and middle-class Americans.
America is the world's #2 exporter – and that makes trade wars everything but "good and easy to win"