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In a controversial book, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, journalist Daniel Bergner argues that female sexual desire is just as strong and just as […]
A number of indices suggest that America's political institutions are falling in stature (shocker, right?) and that the nation's ability to support entrepreneurs is suffering as a result.
In an effort to bolster its already impressive cybersecurity talent, the Israeli Defense Forces have called for a two-fold increase in the number of young people scouted for computer programming talent.
The US has been unwise to reject growing political ambitions from states like Brazil, which offered to broker nuclear arms talks between the US and Iran before President Obama declined the invitation.
Former CIA data operative Edward Snowden has claimed responsibility for leaking the NSA's massive phone and Internet surveillance program to American journalist Glenn Greenwald.
As wealth rises in China, so does its number of emigrants. It is estimated that nearly two-thirds of the country's nouveau riche use their funds to leave the country.
In the midst of a culture that appraises positivity far above negativity, or even a balanced view of reality, psychologists say now is an equally important time to accept the trials of life for what they are.
Neuroscientists at Karolinska Institute have proven that a significant number of new neurons in the hippocampus — a brain region crucial for memory and learning — are generated in adult humans.
Listening to enjoyable music activates reward centers deep inside the brain, specifically the subcortical nuclei which is known to be important in reward, motivation and emotion.
Neuroscience is still one of biology's newest fields and the extent to which human behavior can be explained exclusively in terms of blood flow to specific regions of the brain remains highly in doubt.
Putting your feelings into words, versus simply acting on how you feel, can change your course of action, say researchers at the University of Virginia--sometimes for the worse.
Medical professionals have begun investigating the effects of MDMA, better known as the party drug called ecstasy, on soldiers looking to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sleep is the most selfish thing you can do. People say they like the feeling of having their partner next to them when they are asleep. But you have to be awake to feel that.
Developers at Samsung are trying to one-up Google Glass, the technology that delivers the Internet via a pair of eyeglasses, by creating contact lenses capable of displaying the same electronic information.
In an experiment using MRI machines, researchers have found that breastfeeding improves brain development in infants when compared with breastfeeding mixed with formula and formula alone.
People who drink one to three cups of coffee per day have a lower risk of contracting certain diseases, including dementia, and are more likely to live longer than those who abstain from coffee.
While many colleges offer open online courses, Georgia Tech is the first to offer a full-credit graduate program. What's more, the degree will cost about a quarter of those offered at traditional, onsite schools.
Optimistic reports of the recovering American economy, 70 percent of which relies on domestic consumption, overestimate the extent to which consumer spending is on the rebound.
Inspired by Zip Car and similar projects in Europe, Carrot is the first car-share enterprise in Mexico. From just three cars, the program has grown to 40 vehicles and has signed up 8,500 members.
As skill sets become increasingly more complex in the modern workplace, employers are working harder to guarantee the health of their employees further into the future to save on training costs.