On my company’s intranet each employee has a profile that includes a photo as well as general information such as location, phone number, job title, and who a specific person […]

It's only natural to want to know why things went wrong, but to know why things went right takes a different kind of persistence, says Cinnabon president Kat Cole.

It's long been held that eight hours is the magic number when it comes to sleeping, but that number clashes with reality--when's the last time you got a solid eight hours? 

Last year America witnessed some of the most cringe-inducing political advertising campaigns of all time, in which the Koch Brothers attempted to convince young Americans to boycott Obamacare. The videos […]

Hierarchy is essential to an organization. Clearly, it helps things run smoothly by ordaining decision-makers to sit in the proverbial corner offices. But this also creates power gaps, alienating workers […]

The Virgo Cluster of galaxies is the richest nearby treasure trove of ellipticals; this is the final one Messier ever found. “We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, […]

A new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that the wage growth gap between recent college grads and the rest of the workforce is wider than ever.

Dr. Dennis Charney discusses recent research that shows that ketamine may be an effective treatment for depression in people who have been resistant to other treatments.

Stephen Post discusses the mental and physical benefits of altruistic behavior. Post is the author of Is Ultimate Reality Unlimited Love? (http://goo.gl/T6Qjdx)

Arianna Huffington treats us to a reading of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life […]

Arianna Huffington discusses the importance of a well-rested mind and body. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, […]

Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank discusses why we need regulations in place for future technology. This video is a highlight of Frank's presentation at Exponential Finance 2014, presented by Singularity […]

Michael Pollan explains the lost cultural and spiritual importance of cooking and eating meat.

What is this massive eruption on the Sun? Nothing unusual. It just threw a solar filament, and this one pictured took place in 2012, producing a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). […]

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." - Edmund Burke

Many menus are meticulously designed not to inform the customer but to influence him/her to spend more money. The secret is psychology.

As more of our professional and pleasurable reading shifts to screens, the way in which we read is changing. And while technology is not exactly eating away at our brains, it is causing us to read less deeply.

When Parkinson's patients treated with a synthetic dopamine-precursor pill, levodopa, showed high upticks in creative activities from writing novels to painting portraits, their doctors began to wonder at the causes. 

What is happiness? It is often confused with fame, even the low-level fame that social media affords us, gathering "followers" and massive amounts of "friends".

Ever find that you treat complete strangers better than friends or loved ones? It turns out there's a psychological reason for it that involves one's tolerance to close associates' negative qualities.