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The Virgo Cluster of galaxies is the richest nearby treasure trove of ellipticals; this is the final one Messier ever found. “We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, […]
A new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that the wage growth gap between recent college grads and the rest of the workforce is wider than ever.
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Dr. Dennis Charney discusses recent research that shows that ketamine may be an effective treatment for depression in people who have been resistant to other treatments.
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Stephen Post discusses the mental and physical benefits of altruistic behavior. Post is the author of Is Ultimate Reality Unlimited Love? (http://goo.gl/T6Qjdx)
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Arianna Huffington treats us to a reading of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life […]
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Arianna Huffington discusses the importance of a well-rested mind and body. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, […]
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Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank discusses why we need regulations in place for future technology. This video is a highlight of Frank's presentation at Exponential Finance 2014, presented by Singularity […]
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Michael Pollan explains the lost cultural and spiritual importance of cooking and eating meat.
What is this massive eruption on the Sun? Nothing unusual. It just threw a solar filament, and this one pictured took place in 2012, producing a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). […]
"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." - Edmund Burke
Many menus are meticulously designed not to inform the customer but to influence him/her to spend more money. The secret is psychology.
As more of our professional and pleasurable reading shifts to screens, the way in which we read is changing. And while technology is not exactly eating away at our brains, it is causing us to read less deeply.
When Parkinson's patients treated with a synthetic dopamine-precursor pill, levodopa, showed high upticks in creative activities from writing novels to painting portraits, their doctors began to wonder at the causes.
What is happiness? It is often confused with fame, even the low-level fame that social media affords us, gathering "followers" and massive amounts of "friends".
Ever find that you treat complete strangers better than friends or loved ones? It turns out there's a psychological reason for it that involves one's tolerance to close associates' negative qualities.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that many people are willing to work more hours than are needed to do their jobs, even though it results in a more stressful life.
Mike Denison’s artistic tribute to the small-screen legend is just delightful! “I’m not playing a role. I’m being myself, whatever the hell that is.” -Bea Arthur When it first came […]
A recently discovered crater in the Yamal peninsula region of Siberia has scientists scratching their heads as to how exactly it formed.
The observer changes everything, but what does that mean? “You can observe a lot by just watching.” -Yogi Berra In our everyday lives, things happen the way they happen, and whether […]
If the current experiment doesn't yield positive results, scientists say they will be forced to go back to the drawing board about what makes up dark matter, i.e. 80 percent of the universe.