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A significant study showed more spinach and kale in your diet may help slow cognitive decline.

In my personal auditory life, and apparently in that of many of my fellow humans right now, there's a podcast revolution going on. Why this? Why now? 

Mindfulness meditation is at risk of being separated from its beneficent roots, which grounded the practice in ancient philosophical/religious systems that emphasized ascetic virtues.

A recent study shows the importance of breaking a sweat every once in a while during your workouts, especially for those of middle age or older — it may just prolong your life.

Words of wisdom from Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues: "In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die."

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

Words of wisdom from Marie Curie: "One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."

Few people know of them. That's why they're called the Happy Isles. 

The brain is a wonder of computational power, and engineers want to replicate it by creating a better neural network.

The Dallas Zoo is preparing to celebrate the birth of a baby giraffe — a very special event in the life a zoo. And to share their enthusiasm with the public, a live feed has been created.

Use humor to draw someone out of their shell.

Here's a problematic new study: Women looking for marriage still find narcissistic traits alluring.

Massive data centers in the world require massive amounts of energy, not just for processing power, but also for cooling. While big companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are looking into a variety of ways to make the cooling process greener, one particularly clever solution is coming from a Dutch startup called Nerdalize. 

The study of when too much of a good thing can kill you — about 16 glasses every day.

No matter how much animosity you hold against your future former employers, making a spectacle is never worth the risk of backlash.

We instinctively feel safer about anything natural and more worried by anything human-made, but instincts may not lead to choices that do human or environmental health the most good.

Despite the apparent rise in people with no religion, the overall percentage of non-believers is expected to decline as a share of the world's population, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

Smiling changes how the brain processes other people's emotions. As the Louis Armstrong song goes, "When you're smilin', the whole world smiles at you."

NASA is considering the moon as a kind of galactic pit stop for astronauts to refuel before they go to Mars.

Exercise — not diet — has the greatest impact on our waistlines as we age. So, while foregoing the bacon cheeseburgers of your youth is a good step, you'll need to go further to stay fit.