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Does Robert Greene practice the power and seduction strategies he preaches?
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A conversation with the writer and expert on power.
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After reviewing classified World Bank documents, Raj Patel concluded that a loan from this organization is more of a punch to the face than a help to poor nations.
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Markets put a price on things that can be consumed. What about those that should be protected?
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Raj Patel initially thought a global economy could combat poverty but eventually realized that the root causes of inequality need to be addressed.
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A conversation with the British author and activist.
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Nancy Koehn, historian at Harvard Business School, thinks it’s a generation that, before this recession, had not experienced failure.
In some fields, the worst type of encouragement may be to doggedly stick with projects until their completion.
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There are everyday steps you can take—from anti-inflammatory drugs to a Mediterranean diet—that can reduce your chances of developing the disease.
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Perhaps the biggest misconception about Alzheimer’s is that the disease is entirely genetically inherited and is hence unpreventable. As the UCLA psychiatrist explains, there are a variety of emerging methods […]
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The myriad centers for treating Internet and video game “addiction” opening up across Asia meet a legitimate, clinical need because a craving for technology acts upon the brain in the […]
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In an age of cell phones, PDAs, and computers, the intense mental stress of continually paying only partial attention may be decreasing our memory capacity.
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Like everything else in our body, memory, particularly short-term recall, performs worse with age; luckily the best way to stay sharp is also the most fun.
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There are three mental tricks we can employ to help us easily recall everything from the most vital information to where we put our keys. A UCLA psychiatrist and memory expert explains.
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A conversation with the professor of psychiatry and aging at the UCLA School of Medicine
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Why do some societies seem more conformist than others? And how can all societies avoid the kind of foolish conformity that leads to financial bubbles and panics?
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Locusts weren’t just our ancestors’ problem; they still impact the livelihood of 1 in 10 human beings. The discovery that their “swarms” are actually cannibalistic melees may offer a solution.
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Unlike many species, humans have had to adapt to living in large crowds. Yet in many ways, our crowds are as predictable as animals’.
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Cutting-edge research that suggests small and large-scale biological collectives behave similarly promises to deepen our understanding of cancer.
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How the awesome computational power of video game cards has transformed the study of evolution.