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If You Work in a Creative Industry, You Should Steal Other People's Ideas Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those […]
Technology companies are under pressure to remove violent, terrorist content from their sites. Who should decide what gets removed?
The largest asteroid in the Solar System is hiding volatile materials that have never seen the Sun. “Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the […]
How to stop mass shootings? Maps speak louder than words.
Don’t even think about getting anything other than this one! “No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.” –Quintus Ennius If you are (or you […]
Religion is part of the problem. But the bigger picture is much larger than any one book.
People who believe that vague, mundane, vacuous quotes are truly profound also show indications of decreased cognitive ability.
Get in the know about one of the world's most gorgeous natural events.
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How much sleep do you get? Chances are, it's not nearly enough. Deepak Chopra explains why seven-to-eight hours per night is necessary to keep your body operating as healthily as possible.
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U.S. politics has never been kind and genteel. Anyone who believes otherwise is wrong. It's always been a game ruled by its dirtiest players.
Is AI about to take over? Or does it struggle to be as smart as a toddler?
Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were "profound."
While a “counter-Earth” may be impossible, there are three other ways it could actually work out. “We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing […]
It's not the end of the world, guys.
Keeping sugar-sweetened beverages off the dinner table.
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Your brain is regularly inhibited by aversion, apprehension, greed, and fear. Mindfulness exercises can help change that.
The ban brings to light a bigger issue.
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the universal story of us all is with us every day. “We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is […]
Without context, this is an alien world. How liberating!
Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?