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Researchers at the American Chemical Society examine whether or not cough medicine has scientific merit.
A Japanese study found that they could even tell what subjects were dreaming about.
Do you get antsy when there's nothing to do?
The average worker sends and receives over 120 emails every day, and many employees are stressed from late night and weekend work emails. France recently created a "Right to Disconnect" from the neverending emails. Will it work?
4mins
Empathy moves us, but it may move us to make an unethical decision. Conversely, says Bloom, dehumanization is not the ultimate evil we typically assume it to be.
Shelby Harris explains what can go wrong when the safety mechanism that shuts down your body during dreaming fails.
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Feeling motivated at work feels good, and it's good for business. But employees and managers don't always see eye-to-eye on this very important topic.
Overpopulation is often viewed as a nightmare, but what if it's a dream come true?
No one is right 100% of the time. Even the greatest genius of all. “The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” -Theodore Roosevelt […]
Are you the type of person who solves problems piecemeal, or with one great insight? A new study tells us the merits of each method.
A patent filed for Amazon's "airborne fulfillment centers" reveals the e-commerce giant's plans for the future of delivery.
100 million American suffer from chronic pain. Many need to look beyond opioids to manage it.
Inhaling through the nose activates the regions of the brain associated with memory and emotion.
5mins
Is the technology of the future more radical than the technology of the past? Alison Gopnik provides some historical perspective.
A neuroscientific approach to maintaining emotional well-being.
How Vera Rubin changed the Universe. “Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.” -Vera Rubin Look out at the night sky, and what do you see? […]
Four-year research concludes there's a new organ inside the body, creating a new field of science.
Here's what we need to remember about the history and logic of "cardinal virtues."
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His Holiness Pope Francis wants to see the end of two things in this world: red sauces at diplomatic dinners, and arrogance.
The Antipode may one day revolutionize your commute. It would be 10 times faster than the Concorde and take you across the ocean before you could finish an episode of The Simpsons.