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The experimental psychologist discusses the quest for understanding what makes us tick.
The British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks recently chronicled the experience of losing his sight from ocular melanoma in a series of journals and an interview with Wired magazine. It's […]
I've more or less stopped paying attention to political news from Zimbabwe. As an increasing number of "talks" seem to end in reaffirmation of still President Mugabe's Reign of Terror, […]
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The experimental psychologist says not all problems have to have a moralistic solution.
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"You’re kind of unclear as to why this Leviathan would just be kind of a fascist dictator, as if that would be better than life in the state of anarchy."
Demonstrated by his activity on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the official White House portal, President Obama is institutionalizing social networking as the interactive feature par excellence in American governance. The […]
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The experimental psychologist confronts the contradictions of moralists.
The chief executive of Cisco, John Chambers, has emerged as one of Silicon Valley's few optimists, proclaiming that the U.S. economy will recover this year. Oh my! An article in […]
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Steven Pinker's personal philosophy is based on reason.
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Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker's strangely optimistic forecast.
In an editorial that strongly echoes the inaugural address and his reminder to Congress last week that "we don't have a moment to spare," Barack Obama told Washington Post readers […]
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Leaders can’t say that there’s something uniquely special about the United States because it’s the United States,
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It's important for universities to embrace new ideas.
Investment banks, suddenly the target of pitchforks rather than perky Ivy Leaguers, are defunct. Hedge funds are all but wiped out—some of the remaining ones still in the game only […]
Here's one demographic that's been lurking under the surface of the new China: Nigerians living in Guangzhou. Apparently with nothing more than a few yuan in their pockets, Nigerians with […]
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The Golden Globe nominated actress talks about working with the director and stars of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Distributed in partnership with Uinterview.com.