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Arthur Brennan is a senior lecturer of psychology, research methods and statistics at St George's, University of London. In a recent Washington Post article, he explains how his team of researchers came to the conclusion that male "sympathy pregnancy" symptoms are real.
Hollywood: City of Scandal. For example, Rin-Tin-Tin was apparently robbed of an Oscar in 1929 when the organizers decided they wouldn't be taken seriously if they gave an award to a dog. I guess you could say that the voting results were... fixed.
If you're binge-watching through the night, chances are you're not getting enough sleep. That means you're probably not nearly as productive or happy as you should be during the day. Take a crash course in story structure and self-control in order to quash your addiction.
"To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality."
If something went horribly wrong, could you possibly return to Earth? Image credit: ISRO. “I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our […]
Montage of eight photographs of cats, ca. 1903-1928 from Harvard's Radcliffe Institute. Part of a larger collection taken by photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals.
A recent Minnesota state audit revealed that board members of the charitable nonprofit Community Action of Minneapolis were dipping into the organization's coffers. While it's not always easy to spot that sort of corruption, you can do your own quick investigating to determine whether a nonprofit is worth your time and money.
"The extasy [sic] of abstract beauty," artist Richard Pousette-Dart scrawled in 1981 in a notebook on a page across from a Georges Braque-looking abstract pencil drawing. Although included in Nina Leen’s iconic 1951 Life magazine photo "The Irascibles" that featured Abstract Expressionist heavyweights Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman, Pousette-Dart has always stood on the edges, as he does in the photo, of full identification with that group.
"It’s important to remember that Holmes wasn’t born Holmes. Holmes was born like you and me but probably with greater potential for certain elements of observation, but he learned over time to think like Sherlock Holmes."
-Author Maria Konnikova, from her Big Think Interview
Author Jeffrey Kluger describes how even Gandhi and MLK exhibited narcissistic behaviors in his recent Big Think Interview.
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them."
Christopher Reeve would have been 62-years-old yesterday. Next month will mark the ten-year anniversary of his death.
An analysis of 101 essays penned by failed founders revealed that 42% of startups go under because their product isn't wanted by the market.
Open houses are a terrific way to attract the attention of potential homebuyers. Just remember: sometimes you need to get out of your own way.
BEIJING - About 2,565 years ago a wise and aristocratic Kong Qiu came to the world, 551 years before a certain Jesus of Nazareth, nutcase and son of a penniless […]
Allowing employees to work from home saves money and boosts morale. But to guarantee productivity remains high, it's important to set strong standards, particularly with teleconferencing.
On one hand, asbestos is a major health hazard. On the other: 27 world championships.
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Hal Luftig is optimistic that theater will not die as an artform, even in the face of our on-demand, digital consumption.
Spruce is a new iPhone app helps you secure prescription drugs to treat acne. It's just another in a long line of telemedical advances coming soon to your device.
When I first started designing products, I used to mainly think about their aesthetics. That seems like the right, and obvious, thing to do. However, product design is not fine […]
How the entire history of the Universe gave rise to us, in ten giant leaps. Image credit: Zosia Rostomian, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “It surprises me how disinterested we are […]