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Richard Thaler is trying to simplify economics. So they gave him the Nobel Prize.
A phonetic map to help Warsaw Pact soldiers find their way around the Home Counties
The results of this study could have implications for autism, addiction, and domestic violence.
Are you more likely to think everything is going well with your finances if the politics of your country’s leaders align with yours? One new study says yes.
Infographics that show how we’re all addicted to something.
A children’s hospital is “the first of many solar + storage projects going live” on the island, Elon Musk announced.
Different brain patterns during the resting state may be associated with different cognitive abilities.
Never underestimate the power of having a strong set of goals for your business. Business goals are more than just figures on an earnings chart displayed in boardroom meetings—they’re also […]
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There's no debating evolution, but there remains a debate among biologists over how it works. Is evolution deterministic in that its outcomes could not have been otherwise, or is it more random?
Those head-scratchers can be "symmetrical" or "asymmetrical." Here's how.
All sorts of futuristic technologies have come true. So why are astronauts all still weightless? Put a human being up in space, away from the gravitational bonds of the surface […]
CDP releases its 2017 A-List, that reveals more companies making serious efforts to combat climate change.
These findings fit in with an overarching evolutionary theory on loneliness.
Okay, so everyone who wanted to order an autographed copy (or N autographed copies) of my new book, Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive, here’s […]
Knowing who you are can stop you from becoming who you want to be.
Scientists propose an out-of-the-box theory about why the world has no more than three dimensions.
And if we don’t prepare to catch it now, it’ll be too late. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been redefining how we view our Universe. From hundreds of miles […]
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Is providing healthcare for all too expensive, or is it a failure of our moral imagination to say so? What first appears as an economic reality can too quickly become an excuse for inaction.
The McVegan is a real thing… in a tiny small town test market, that is. But what are customers saying? And will it be available to everyone soon?
Two meditation pioneers, Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson, answer that question in their new book, Altered Traits.