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Mind and Behavior
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.
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"Resilience" is being able to withstand hardship; "antifragility" goes one step further.
The toilet “is a portal to a mysterious otherworld.”
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
John Templeton Foundation
Clear communication is good for business and life — but compelling communication can take you to another level.
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Burnout doesn’t happen because of too much work. Liz Wiseman, an executive advisor, suggests it’s something else entirely.
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
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Can AI and animals coexist? Philosopher Peter Singer gives us a nuanced take on the issue.
Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.
Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?
If you want to achieve new goals, harness your brain's ability to change chemically, structurally, and functionally.
If nature were perfectly deterministic, atoms would almost instantly all collapse. Here's how Heisenberg uncertainty saves the atom.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
Chronic pain is often driven by brain processes that can be reprogrammed.
They're not just watching you; they're also calculating.
There's nothing like the end of the world to make you a philosopher.
When the UK bans the American Bully XL this year, it won't rely on science to identify them.
If not treated, the disorder drastically increases one's risk of death.
Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there's anything useful about the field at all.
In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.
In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
Just 12% of Americans account for half the country's total beef consumption.
The best answer we have is, "Life is matter with intentionality."
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
How can you maximize the amount of love and happiness in your life? One of history's greatest scientists found the answer: with math.