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The idea that "true happiness" is of a uniformly high emotional pitch, and our tendency to expect it from external things ironically ends up causing us a great deal of suffering.
According to Singapore’s National Environment Agency, the city’s three-hour Pollutant Standards Index rose to an all-time high of 371.
Two manufacturers of "smart windows" have affiliated with larger companies in recent months, indicating that this technology may finally become more widespread as commercial building owners seek to reduce energy costs.
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Why do we have so little engagement in work these days? Companies need to be about values.
Thanks to three solar panels and a large lithium ion battery pack, the stations can capture and store enough power to charge six phones at once and have plenty to spare.
Is this overkill: $30 billion for 40,000 border agents, 700 miles of fencing and aerial drones to guard the U.S.-Mexico border.
The world just lost a brilliant and fearless journalist. Michael Hastings did more in his short life than most people do in an entire lifetime. As information continues to come […]
You can zoom in to the image and view an area of the Red Planet's Gale Crater in unprecedented detail.
The race to build the world’s first 3D-printed house is on. Italian civil engineer Enrico Dini (the subject of an upcoming documentary called “The Man Who Prints Houses”) has plans to print […]
When Fisher v. University of Texas is decided in the next few days, Justice Anthony Kennedy may cast the decisive vote ending affirmative action as we know it. Unless he doesn't.
A new US Forest Service study shows that through removing fine particles in the air, urban forests save an average of one life every year per city. In New York City alone, eight lives are saved annually on average.
WESTERN commentators translate the Zhongguo Meng as "Chinese Dream," thereby patronizing China’s socio-cultural originality and marketing it as a franchise of the "American Dream". But are the two civilizations really […]
Monsanto executive Robert T. Fraley was awarded The World Food Prize for his work in developing genetically modified crops.
George Will used an apt phrase to describe the policy options toward Syria. When faced with universally bad choices, he opined, “Don’t just do something. Stand there.” Better to do […]
The spacecraft currently in residence near Saturn will position itself to capture what our planet looks like from almost 900 million miles away. It's the first-ever intentional photo session from deep space, which means we have time to dress up.