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In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the concept of coupling.
As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future.
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A review of the multifaceted questions we'll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an "inner feel."
Researchers evaluated the best and worst ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in a recent report.
Simply getting into grad school isn’t enough. The answers to these three questions can make all the difference. It’s time. You’ve done all your research into schools, completed your undergraduate […]
The team seems to have found a way to extend animal lifespan without genetic modification.
We should care about constitutional rights for all, says lawyer and religious freedom scholar Asma T. Uddin. If they are denied for some, history demonstrates how they may be at risk for us all.
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Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.
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Can a shift in the way we treat death and dying improve our lives while we're still here?
When we look at some of the companies with notoriously bad customer service, like Comcast, Bank of America, or United Airlines, it could be tempting to say that good customer […]
In the mid-20th century, ‘physical cosmology’ was considered an oxymoronic joke. Today, it’s Nobel-winning science. Imagine you wanted to know everything you could about the Universe. You’d want to find […]
The results have startling implications about the evolution of psychopathy in humans.
According to recent papers by Zucman, and his colleague Emmanuel Saez, one should be implemented.
Could this be the beginning of the end of insulin injections?
If you think that the Moon is only good for reflecting sunlight, you’ve got another think coming. To human eyes, the Moon is the second brightest visible object, trailing only the […]
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Take the circumstances in your life seriously, but not literally. Here's why.
Orgasms don't always mean a sexual encounter is positive, find psychologists.
When adults are challenged to behave like adults, by a child, they can go in one of two directions.
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When it comes to scientific theory, (or your personal life) be sure to question everything.