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by Suzanne Ehlers, for Population Action International A walk to her local clinic may take several hours. She may have to wait in line. She may have to go back […]
“We’re seeing an unprecedented epidemic of depression in our society,” says Dr. Andrew Weil, “More people are being diagnosed with depression than ever, including millions of children. The latest statistics […]
Beveridge did what he loved, followed his dream, and ended up beating the odds. Maybe his success is not such a fluke after all.
We have a misconception that making things "isn’t knowledge work and it isn’t about ideas.
The brain is the most demanding organ that your circulatory system has to feed.
Other people are really just another version of you. It’s nothing fancier than saying, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
The efficient market model states all security prices today reflect all available information and only new information is going to change the price.
When you tell a child "You’re so smart," you’re unwittingly encouraging a fixed mindset.
Having superpowers, without the enlightened self-interest in making your company extraordinary, is the fast track to self-destruction.
Continued high unemployment among younger workers -- and the potential for explosive social consequences -- are causing officials to think about retiring older workers. However, many economists say this is (still) a bad idea.
Public health researchers have found that when employees are given a day or two of paid recovery time, the influenza virus spreads through the office at a much slower rate, further reducing absences.
In a controversial book, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, journalist Daniel Bergner argues that female sexual desire is just as strong and just as […]
How all the parts of the brain come together so that you have a unified perception of the world is one of the unsolved mysteries in neuroscience.
The idea that there's this massive amount happening under the hood came from Freud.
Think of consciousness as essentially the company president that has to arbitrate all the different mechanisms.
Three nights a week, as many as 300 Runners Venezuela members jog along the streets of Caracas to maintain their fitness while avoiding being kidnapped. It's one approach to maintaining normality in an increasingly dangerous city.
A University of Toronto study showed that people who read literary fiction have less need for "cognitive closure," allowing for more creative and sophisticated thinking.
Fred Wilson thinks that Venture Capital is changing -- in 25 years, VCs may not have any assets under management. Last night, Sarah Lacy asked Fred Wilson 'The Thiel Question' […]
I wrote a short post on Thursday suggesting that whether you’re a fan or a sworn enemy of the surveillance state, you’d be wrong to condemn the pending prosecution of […]
Mass manufacturing is absolutely here to stay, but 3D printing will have a subtle but significant long-term impact on the economy.