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Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
"It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it."
Out of sight, but not out of mind.
Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
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How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them "touch" each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
What we've learning from the world’s coldest, most forbidding, and most peaceful continent.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
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Some Europeans really don't want to use the internet.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.
To Einstein, nature had to be rational. But quantum physics showed us that there was not always a way to make it so.
By developing skills like divergent thinking and collaboration in the workforce, creativity training has the potential to unlock revolutionary ideas.
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
Close to 70% of drugs advertised on TV offer little to no benefit over other cheaper drugs.