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Your brain is regularly inhibited by aversion, apprehension, greed, and fear. Mindfulness exercises can help change that.
The ban brings to light a bigger issue.
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the universal story of us all is with us every day. “We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is […]
Without context, this is an alien world. How liberating!
Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?
Iran is starting to show works of Western art that have been underground for 40 years.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will give away billions through their new LLC.
The supply chain for recycling paper burns more fossil fuel than it needs to. Epson has come up with a solution.
There was a huge problem a century ago, and it took an Einstein to solve it. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to […]
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Never have so many owed so much to — something so invisible.
Long live the bicycle!
Prepare for the Great Space Gold Rush of 2025.
What will become of the unemployed humans?
Women's entrepreneurship is a big key to solving global poverty. How can we make it easier for women to start their own businesses?
It's been 60 years since Rosa Parks stood up for equality on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. What would she have to say today?
If sold at today's value, the value of that stock would be $45 billion.
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Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those artists they like most.
Amidst international conversations about climate change, Chinese artists are turning pollution into an artistic endeavor.
Dark matter may be cold and collisionless, but the strange behavior of planets just might lead to its detection. “Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if […]
How likely we are to bounce back from a setback is not predetermined. Here's why, and what you can do to cultivate your inner fighter.