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Distrust is not a personality trait, nor a cultural trait. It is learned through experience, and can therefore be unlearned through experience.
The human face is the most precise signal system we have for our emotions. We can read seven different emotions and determine whether they're being falsified or whether they are genuine expressions.
Learn about a method for making targeted commitments that succeeded virtually every time.
Google's recent purchase of the defense contractor Boston Dynamics has raised eyebrows, and also brought the inevitable – if overblown – comparisons between Google and Skynet.
"Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media."- William Safire (born on this date in 1929)
A victory for common sense, a setback for sex and drugs and rock 'n roll
Over its history the Earth has seen an incredible diversity of life - maybe as many as fifty million species.
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Kirk Johnson delivers a complete history of life on Earth in 3 minutes.
This drone, which weighs just 20 grams, can avoid obstacles without human guidance.
The lunar landing represents a significant milestone for China's space program. China sent its first astronaut to space in 2003.
Taking everyday sensors and the data they generate online will advance the progression of the Internet of Things, where in the future virtually everything will have a digital footprint.
Today marks the first major legal setback for the NSA wiretapping program.
Nobody knows when the next galactic supernova might occur, but thanks to the development of massive neutrino detectors, we would have an "unprecedented peek at the action."
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Neutrino physicists are ready and waiting, hoping that one of these days a supernova will explode somewhere in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Guest post by Kevin Flora(Cross post from kevinflora.com) “Why did the chicken cross the road?” If you say “to get to the other side,” you could use a workshop in […]
Unfortunately, family vacations can often be an intense time of stress when the ostensible purpose is to relax and recharge.
Jesus and Buddha both embraced the philosophy of love your enemy. Columbia University professor Robert Thurman takes us through the history of vengeance and explains how to minimize contention between you and your enemies.
If you disregard the original intentions of Bach and the intentions of the church authorities who commissioned his music, you are missing the most subversive element of Bach—his independence of spirit, his humanism.
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Bach was not simply a compliant servant of the clergy of the church but expressed his own views as to how the Christian doctrine appealed to him and also how […]
Scientific advances are coming fast and furious, and so it is becoming increasingly important to become familiar with aspects of genomics that will impact routine medical care in profound ways.