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Men who consume over 67 grams of sugar are at an increased risk for depression and anxiety.
Innovation training can help make your business more flexible and resilient to disruptive changes in your industry. Did you know that it can also help make your workplace more efficient? […]
On August 21st, 2017, a total eclipse will hit 14 states. Here’s your guide to everything you need to know. “…and the Sun has perished out of heaven, and an […]
Greatest job ever? NASA will pay six-figures to a Planetary Protection Officer.
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Can you have hope in the face of death? For believers this is somewhat easier, but non-theists require a different set of philosophical tools.
Rationality isn't the rule, it's rare. That's true of the sort of optimizing rationality that economists presume we all have (even though many economists themselves fall short of that standard).
The Job Guarantee is a policy proposal that would have the state function as an employer of last resort.
If you can’t look at the full suite of evidence and tell the full truth, you’re nothing but a deliberate misleader. At best. “Climate change does not respect border; it does […]
A study from Florida State University sheds light on the sudden urge some people feel to jump from a high place.
Kale contains lutein, a nutrient that may protect the brain against the cognitive effects of aging, according to a new University of Illinois study.
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Your future happiness and success will depend on the double-edged sword of embracing new technology to stay connected, and being smart enough to unplug at the right time.
A paper argues that the younger generation is no better at technology and multitasking than older people.
There are four main traits of temperament and two subsets of each. Which are you?
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has introduced the Marijuana Justice Act, a federal bill that would nationally legalize marijuana.
Just because a distant body has ice doesn’t mean it’ll ever have liquid water.
Would you rather learn philosophy from James Franco or a professor of philosophy? Well, now you don't have to choose.
Innovation training programs are meant to help companies be more agile—by increasing adaptability in the face of new and disruptive challenges in their respective industries and by coming up with […]
The greatest advances in human history have come from science and scientific knowledge. Don’t stop now. “Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.” […]
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A.I. will bring a series of social and financial changes, and it will force us to confront a problem we've been avoiding for much too long, says Joscha Bach.
A new study suggests that buying time-saving services leads to increased happiness.