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To soften the feeling of pain, distract your mind with another task. Researchers say that investing mental energy elsewhere keeps your nervous system from receiving pain signals.
Financial companies are putting a halt to the type of banking services provided to the clientele of America’s elite. The act is an effort to avoid the possible aid in further tax evasion.
Why are some people more willing to put in hard work now for a larger payoff in the future? Neuroscientists believe the effect of dopamine contributes to how we tolerate the tedium of work.
A new study has found parallels between bomb blast injuries sustained by soldiers and a degenerative brain disorder known to occur in athletes who box and play football.
Andy Warhol looked for fame any place he could find it, so news that a crater on the surface of the planet Mercury has been named in his honor comes […]
As I've written before, I'm a skeptical of claims, like Jonathan Gottschall's, about the power of stories to make us better people. Adam Gopnik of The New Yorkeris skeptical too. […]
If you asked me how being a single parent has affected my economic prospects I would have to say for the worse…and for the best. You see, while parenting young […]
Researchers have a clearer picture on how a gene contributes to Alzheimer's disease. It establishes a new objective in the fight against the disease.
Doctors lack the education to help cancer survivors plagued with treatment-related side effects. Cancer survivors are coping with long-term issues that they didn't know existed.
I love this new song, "Satellite", by the folk singer Anna Dagmar, from her upcoming album of the same name. It's a (I assume) autobiographical account of growing up in […]
The ultrasensitive biosensor is the latest in the fight against cancer. The sensor catches cancer earlier than imaging and other monitor devices.
It is gratifying when people see you just as you want to be seen. But don’t count on it. If you like to think of yourself as a gentle person […]
Facebook acquired mobile commerce startup, Karma. This acquisition didn't get nearly the attention it deserved. As Chris Dixon wrote about Facebook's Business Model: The key question when trying to value […]
Research reveals a relationship between intellectual and cultural hobbies and weight control. Activities such as reading and going to see an art exhibit can help to keep off excess pounds.
High-tech fashion can be the game changer in medicine by turning health-detector devices into wearable accessories. These devices could make health care more popular in people’s daily lives.
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Ashley Madison founder Noel Biderman says that "through an affair, through a liaison, and even to some degree through the use of pornography and other things, [married people] can find […]
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We’re entering a very interesting stage of human history right now where we can start importing technology to enhance our natural senses or perception of the world, says neuroscientist David […]
What is the Big Idea? While Congress dukes it out over the federal interest rates on student loans, venture capitalist Peter Thiel has a solution for college students who don't […]
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On Friday, 5/18/12 – timed to coincide with Facebook's 95 billion dollar IPO – a guerilla detachment of Big Think hit Wall and Broad Sts, NYC with "Initial Public Offering" […]
Psychology is rich in findings that emerge from complex statistics done on the behavior of college students behaving for money or course credit. It's fair to wonder, then, how well […]