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Fareed Zakaria asks President Bill Clinton if it is possible to learn how to successfully work with others.
Scientists who have spent years writing in highly technical terms sometimes need guidance for how to phrase concepts and processes in ways laypeople can understand.
A resourceful Briton named Daniel Beaumont went on Tinder dates with 32 women who helped him get across the continent.
Torturing a suspect because he or she has knowledge of an imminent attack has more to do with feelings of retribution than the cool-headed utilitarian calculus normally supposed.
The Facebook CEO spoke at a town hall style Q&A and touched on subjects such as his company's role in the community, recent public relations hiccups, and how parents should monitor social media use.
Imagine standing in a bare room in which a small, 4-billion-year-old rock hangs from the ceiling by a thin wire as three vocalists whistle and breathe on it to make it swing. For some people, such a scenario might be the nightmare version of contemporary art run amok, so far “out there” that it’s never coming back.
What killed the dinosaurs? Scientists have been arguing over the possibilities for years. But new evidence may muddy the waters for the popular asteroid theory.
Like Odysseus who asks his crew to tie him to the mast as they pass the seductive and deadly Sirens, we sometimes need external constraints to triumph over temptations that run counter to our self interest.
Although he's not a fan of the term, Dan Harris cites the practice of purposeful pauses as a superpower of sorts that can help restore one's inner calm.
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The former Secretary General of NATO explains how the alliance approaches terrorist threats and how the future fight against the so-called Islamic State will look.
The bombshell announcement that Rolling Stone was backing away from its University of Virginia rape story has opened a societal window to the nature of story corrections and how publications handle journalistic errors.
Keeping your home and workplace in order can have a huge impact on your ability to work and your capacity for feeling calm and productive. Key to organizing clutter is finding a strategy for tidiness that fits your personal style.
"I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world."
The future of creativity may depend on younger generations being taught computer coding skills just as they are taught foreign languages, mathematics, and science.
For destruction, ice is also great, and will suffice. “Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor […]
Edwin H. Land was an American scientist and inventor best known for inventing the Polaroid instant camera. He was a major influence on Apple's Steve Jobs.
Driving while tired creates the most likely conditions for a road accident, especially when drivers are on the road between 2am and 5am or received fewer than five hours sleep the night before driving.
Dogs are just as susceptible to humanity's growing weight problem. But a new study shows that owners are willing to act when they realize their pets' lives are at risk.
The pope will deliver a speech on New Year's Day entitled "No longer slaves, but brothers and sisters." The firmly communicated anti-slavery stance continues a trend of Francis placing social justice at the top of his priority list.