Should scientists advocate on policy issues, or, to protect their personal credibility and the credibility of their findings, should they just quietly do their work and avoid making policy […]

As the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks prepare to meet this Sunday in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium, you’ll hear a lifetime’s worth of metaphors for football, many of […]

Tim Ferriss: I have learned tango, kickboxing, languages – all this crazy stuff.  It’s because I had a method and that is a method that you can use.

Providing an insight that helped me to solve a problem that I didn't know was there - that, in effect, is a form of serendipity. 

In one of the more interesting experiments that have been conducted, Richard J. Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, wanted to find out whether facial expressions […]

Pete Seeger is being remembered by many as a national treasure, a man who encouraged multiple generations of Americans to essentially rethink everything they were taught in school.

"Don’t be bored, make something" is a message that Joey Hudy, a self-described "maker" and STEM-advocate, has been taking to Maker events across the country. 

A new book entertains the notion of how we can engage with those books that we haven't read, or only skimmed, or perhaps only heard about. 

If disruptions are threatening you from outside your industry, how can you see them coming?   

Prejudiced and non-prejudiced people are equally likely to fall victim to the other-race effect.

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."- James Joyce

"I will not take 'but' for an answer."- Langston Hughes (born on this date in 1902)

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."- Jackie Robinson (born on this date in 1919)

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."- Franklin D. Roosevelt (born on this date in 1882)

“The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.” ― Emanuel Swedenborg (born on this date in 1688)

"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (born on this date in 1873)

I've written a guest post over at Dean Burnett's Guardian Science blog about an important piece of information that is not getting through to people who have had brain injuries. See […]

The brightest galaxy in a spectacular close grouping of three provides a beacon of insight into our far future. “Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” -Benjamin […]

Expect haunted houses, roller coasters, or puzzle rooms that can quite literally scare you to death (after you’ve signed the waiver) and marketing that’s so in your face, it could kill you.

Crises are fundamentally psychological phenomena, they’re not driven by rational decision-making necessarily, they are driven by fear and somewhat driven by greed.