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There is no ironclad guarantee that signing up to hurtle your body at 500+ mph several miles above the ground will result in safe passage to your destination.
Resilience can help your life in a general way to be more productive.
One factor that is involved in resilience is having a moral compass, a set of beliefs that few things can shatter.
This image was taken with a 50 mm lens by members of Expedition 36 aboard the International Space Station, the latest in a series of stunning images released to the public.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”—truer (and more gender, class, and race specific) words were never written by a group of rich, white, […]
Control. Without a sense of control, we feel less safe. With a sense of control – whether we actually have that control or not – we feel safer. A […]
Princeton scientists have found that mice are less anxious about experiencing stressors, such as entering a pool of cold water, when they are allowed regular exercise.
Individuals who meditate benefit from an increased flow of oxygen to the brain. Now scientists believe that meditation can confer benefits on others, even if they do not meditate themselves.
Scientists have located the specific brain region involved in the spread of ideas. Called the temporoparietal junction, it could help clarify why some ideas fall flat while others go viral.
What is lost in our rush to personalize solutions to societal problems, says Evgeny Morozov, is the fact that broad political solutions, such as regulation of industry, can prove very effective.
If you occasionally think your phone is vibrating when it's actually not, you are among the 80 percent of people who make the same mistake. But this error in perception is not an impending sign of madness.
The afterlife, in the words of Tennyson [1], is "that untravell'd world whose margin fades / For ever and forever when I move". Death is the ultimate one-way trip, its […]
A city slicker attends a real Independence Day parade (a Praxis photo essay).
Researchers have found that most people confuse foods which manufacturers label as "healthy" with low-calorie meal options. As a result, it is easier for people to overeat without knowing it.
Nearly a year after going off their antiretroviral drugs, two men previously infected with HIV are still showing no signs of the virus thanks to a dramatic bone marrow transplant.
Pondering the worrisome prospect that all your quantified self data might not be private.
Researchers want to help people quit smoking by taking the fight against nicotine addiction to the nano scale. Thanks to a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
An Indiana-based technology startup is working to create new heads for computer hard drives that could improve their storage density and assist in the development of light-driven cancer therapies.
Japanese scientist have successfully grown human liver cells from stem cells, implanting them into mice which, for the first time, has resulted in three-dimensional functional liver structures.
I’ve read the claims that young Americans in their 20s are selfish, self-absorbed, lazy, and a cultural and moral declension of their predecessors. This generational bleat is as old as […]