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As NASA researchers strive to create training programs for future Mars missions, the lessons they learn have implications for other forms of training here on Earth.
The Universe contains black holes billions of times as massive as our Sun. “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you […]
Google's Project Oxygen recently vindicated those who refute the claim that managers don't matter. Now the search giant's researchers want to dive deeper and explore the building blocks of team chemistry.
Comparing “astronaut” to “cowboy” ethics can show that Locke's limits on liberty need to be revised. We once could see that pitting self-interest against collective self-preservation wasn’t rational. Me-opic and logically unworkable ideas that economics sometimes encourage have made that harder to see.
You're not broken. I promise. I can understand why you would think you are, though. After all, you're an expert in yourself. Like a fine painter, you're so familiar with […]
Researchers report that comparing your life to your friends' lives, paired with a lot of time spent on Facebook, leads you to feel depressed.
It’s the only thing separating real knowledge from ignorant misinformation. “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it’s scientific truth or historical truth or personal […]
One of the most common mistakes in the back-and-forth trading of favors at work is that of showing insufficient gratitude. Now, it can be difficult to figure out what someone […]
There are some weak arguments against marriage equality. Then there's this one.
If you knew nothing, Jon Snow, here’s what it’s doing in five simple steps. “Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the […]
How does the brain justify an act of violence? Researchers dive into how our minds differentiate between a justified and unjustified act.
American Impressionism’s often been seen as a pale copy of the French Impressionism that flowered in the late 19th century. Although American Impressionists early on copied their French counterparts (and even made pilgrimages to Monet’s Giverny garden and home), the exhibition The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts through May 24, 2015, proves that American Impressionism quickly blossomed into something distinct—and distinctly American—by the turn of the 20th century. Capturing aesthetically a moment of contradictions as American nativism threatened to close borders while women’s suffrage struggled to open doors, The Artist’s Garden demonstrates the power of flowers to speak volumes about the American past, and present.
Scientists predict the majestic glaciers that cap the Canadian Rockies will lose 70 percent of their volume by 2100.
A significant study showed more spinach and kale in your diet may help slow cognitive decline.
In my personal auditory life, and apparently in that of many of my fellow humans right now, there's a podcast revolution going on. Why this? Why now?
Mindfulness meditation is at risk of being separated from its beneficent roots, which grounded the practice in ancient philosophical/religious systems that emphasized ascetic virtues.
A recent study shows the importance of breaking a sweat every once in a while during your workouts, especially for those of middle age or older — it may just prolong your life.
Words of wisdom from Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues: "In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die."
"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."
Words of wisdom from Marie Curie: "One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."