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The abundance of choice offered by online dating acts as an extension of capitalistic culture. We now approach relationships like a buffet table, hungry to satiate only our own desires.
A pair of social psychologists say the things that make a relationship work—what you learn about someone after you've met them—cannot possibly be measured by online dating sites.
Lucy Prebble, a young but promising English playwright, has drawn on her own youth to say that playing computer games is more social and more thought provoking than reading a book.
China's current Vice President and pig farmer during the cultural revolution, Xi Jinping is expected to replace current President Hu Jintao in October. Jinping is visiting the White House today.
With revolutions in transport and communication, many predicted the nation-state would fade into irrelevance behind supranational organizations and multinational corporations. Wrong.
As we enter year five of the global economic recession, is it fair to say that capitalism is in crisis? What, if any, are the alternatives? A Nobel laureate and a federal judge weigh in.
Moves toward regional currencies, and perhaps to a single global currency, could make wealth more stable by reducing speculation and simplifying governments' monetary policies.
With its stagnant economy, the United States should pick out the best ideas from the Chinese model of economic development and fit them to work for its own system.
Always mindful of the mind, Jonah Lehrer offers a brief history of creativity. Based on empirical results, brainstorming and teleconferencing are out, accidental interactions and trust are in.
Grogginess is a virtue when it comes to finding creative solutions to tricky problems. Lack of concentration frees your mind to create new associations that may yield an important new insight.
Having a positive attitude is about more than being in a good mood. The way you think determines parts of your body chemistry, which in turn control your physical health.
Researchers say emotionally intense music releases dopamine in the brain, the same chemical that creates a sensation of reward while eating good food, having sex or taking drugs.
Women's psychology is better suited to keeping the peace, say some of today's top minds. Informed by evolution, women have a greater incentive to negotiate with those around them.
In the last 50 years, cancer has proven to be more resilient than we first thought, but inexpensive genome sequencing could allow us to create individualized cancer treatments.
Scientists have discovered a class of chemicals that stick strongly to the sugary shell which coats the HIV virus. The coating enables the virus to slip past the body's immune system.
A particular version of the sex chromosome predisposes men to contracting heart disease. While environmental factors remain important, an important genetic link has been discovered.
In a new Harvard survey, a majority of doctors said they had been overly optimistic about a patient's prognosis and ten percent said they had told patients something that was not true.
The American culture has developed an adversarial relationship to food, often concentrating on what not to eat. The age-old practice of 'mindful eating' may restore our body to health.
Diversity in all senses encourages creativity and innovation by fusing together two or more ideas that are traditionally separate. Specialists are often too narrowly focused.
At the annual Loebner Prize Competition, robots compete against humans trying to convince judges they are actually human. Might the judges determine your boss is actually a robot?