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It may sound obvious, but security experts warn that as hacking technology becomes more sophisticated, employees should take care not to reveal too much when they're away.
Are all true scientists destined to become atheists? The answer is no, or at least that doesn't seem to be the case judging by statistics.
There is a way for parents to prepare themselves for the differences their children will manifest, and ultimately develop empathy, which is "the cornerstone of being a good parent."
The clumsily-named (by one exec's own admission) Inactive Account Manager will take action on a user's Google footprint if they haven't logged in within a specified period of time.
The human mind likes simplicity. It’s a complicated world, so we filter it into one cohesive and easy-to-digest worldview. This perspective is a rather unscientific one, however. When we observe […]
The United States still has problems to resolve, but it is on a stronger economic footing than before the crisis.
HealthTap allows users to pose questions to a network containing thousands of physicians. In addition to providing affordable advice, the service gives doctors a way to grow their online reputation.
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Some parents need to confront the fact that their children are not normal and that they are not normal parents either.
If you’re trying to understand what this cult of personality is in North Korea, think about George Orwell's 1984. This is a case of a country in which the leadership has […]
“[T]he Gothic era,” Bruno Klein writes in the introduction to Gothic: Visual Art of the Middle Ages, 1140-1500, “was a time of seeing, in which much was discussed in words, […]
The project, called RoomE, uses off-the-shelf hardware and custom-designed software to create an environment in which the computer is always watching and responds to both voice and gesture commands.
A San Francisco-based company is planning to ship its super-thin, polymer-based haptic keyboard to manufacturers next year. It offers the sensation, and even the sound, of pressing keys.
Wisdom is particularly present in the humanities, in the teaching of literature, philosophy, history, the arts in general. This is my area of interest. I think the teaching of the […]
We are profoundly influenced by our surroundings in many ways that psychologists are now starting to fully understand.
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Author and NYU professor Adam Alter delves into the psychology of "drunk tank pink."
A team of researchers has figured out a way to use nanotechnology to create images at the highest dots-per-inch resolution possible. Such images could be used for anti-counterfeiting or high-density data encoding.
I wrote an article inHarvard Business Review asking why can't we build a $300 house? Now, why do you need a $300 house? Just let us look at a simple […]
We’re beginning to find evidence that epigenetics can, in fact, influence the next generation in a way that’s at least partially Lamarckian.
The bad guy is often the easiest role to play, because they are often the best written. The screenwriter can have fun and indulge while the good guys react most […]