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Can colorblindness be eliminated simply by changing our approach to diagnostics? Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats claims it can be.

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 […]

If sold at today's value, the value of that stock would be $45 billion.

If you knew the flu was going around your office, wouldn't it be nice to work at home for the day?

Penn State and Yale University astronomers, unable to explain strange data patterns they're observing from a star, have come to the conclusion that there may be an "alien superstructure" orbiting it. 

Words of wisdom from Maya Angelou: "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

Words of wisdom from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."

Words of wisdom from the late playwright: “It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.”

In a press conference this morning at 11:30 am Eastern time, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars.

Words of wisdom from Simone de Beauvoir: "The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving."

Words of Wisdom from Cuban national hero José Martí: "Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think, and to speak without hypocrisy. ... A man who obeys a bad government is not an honest man."

Words of wisdom from FDR: "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."

Words of Wisdom from 20th century actress, comedian, and sex symbol Mae West: "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Words of wisdom from J.K. Rowling: "Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters; for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it through our own apathy."

Words of wisdom from Maya Angelou: "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

Words of wisdom from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling: "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default."

It's possible to develop the areas of your brain that control feelings such as kindness, as well as the regulation of difficult emotions. In this way, you can train your brain to be a tougher guard against negativity.

"I don't think that anything that's really creative can be done without danger and risk."

Neil Young will be speaking at The Nantucket Project, a festival ofideas happening September 24 - 27 on Nantucket, Massachusetts.