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It's not that doing good is bad. Rather we get uncomfortable around those who are more altruistic than ourselves.
When was the last time you could talk about a show everyone had seen?
In an attempt to be original, to stand out amongst the almost 300 million other selfies on Instagram, we actually fade into the background. We become mundane. Photos are no longer about remembering an event; they’re about displaying. They’re about showing the world who we are, who we wish to be. And it's damaging our ability to remember.
The pursuit of transcendent experiences will become a connoisseur art when we’re all unemployed.
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Here's a simple mind hack: If you've got a craving, let Tetris satiate it.
Innovation isn't always the result of invention and discovery. Sometimes the best way to innovate is to rethink something old.
Samsung is moving virtual reality out of the developer market and into the hands of consumers.
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Did you know Alfred Hitchcock was a formally trained engineer? Guru Madhavan could see it in his movies.
Scientists are looking at increasingly risky ways of combating climate change.
The man with "the hardest job in Washington" abruptly announced his resignation the day after fulfilling his personal dream: hosting a sitting pope in Congress.
Two British economists argue that the plummeting birth rate combined with increased life expectancy worldwide will cause a labor shortage in the upcoming decades.
This development could lead to resources that may benefit future expeditions.
In a press conference this morning at 11:30 am Eastern time, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars.
Astrophysicists contemplate whether "mirror" dark matter causes cancer.
Why take a picture of something you can just as easily Google?
NASA’s Dawn Mission has finally photographed the full world at full resolution. Come see it! “Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What’s that have to do with space exploration? If […]
Words of wisdom from Simone de Beauvoir: "The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving."
Words of Wisdom from Cuban national hero José Martí: "Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think, and to speak without hypocrisy. ... A man who obeys a bad government is not an honest man."
Words of wisdom from FDR: "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."
At 104 years old, Grace Brett’s “yarn-bombing” of numerous towns in Scotland is a sight the whole world should see. “Some people become vandals because they want to make the […]