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The art of narration may have emerged as an evolutionary adaptation, says the author. “If I can tell you that right over there in that river was where the crocodile […]
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Reading may have evolved from early hunters’ skills of interpreting animal tracks, which allowed them to find food and determine whether they themselves were being hunted.
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Books are important because electronic storage is fairly fragile. That said, e-books provide many advantages, especially for those with dyslexia and other reading disabilities.
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Authors are always trying to disguise which parts of the novel were most difficult to write. For Atwood those parts are always the exposition, she says.
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For the author, it’s not a question of sitting around and wondering what to write; it’s a question of deciding which of the “far-fetched and absurd” ideas she’s going to […]
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New forms of communication are just modernizations of things that already existed earlier in some other form, says the author.
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The sprightly 71-year-old has really taken to Twitter and now has over 85,000 followers.
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The author grew up reading books like “1984” and “Brave New World” and wanted to solve the problem to which these types of books so often fall prey—too much exposition.
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Books about the end of the world become popular when people suddenly realize that basic assumptions they took to be true may no longer hold.
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One of the great myths is that doctors are over-medicating the children of America. Koplewicz says nothing could be further from the truth.
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New research by Xavier Castellanos suggests that the key to diagnosing mental illness might have to do with how the brain communicates with itself during sleep.
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Though it is a sensitive issue, the former President of Ireland says leaders of churches, mosques, and temples have a responsibility to counter religious practices that subjugate women.
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Women are more inclined towards a modern style of leadership that encourages collaboration, though there are some women who feel they need to mimic traditional male leadership styles.
The United States is still a very dominant global player, but the Security Council should better reflect the power and economic balance of the new world.
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The former President of Ireland cautions that it will take time to recover from Ireland’s dramatic boom and bust, but there are many signs of hope, including a greater sense […]
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Fostering a middle class in developing countries is in everyone’s interest. Failed states like Somalia promote terrorism and instability, affecting every part of our interconnected world.
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A conversation with the former President of Ireland.
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The neural pathways in the brains of children are small and incredibly interconnected, allowing them to learn new things very quickly, but around the age of 13 these small roads […]