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Mind and Behavior
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
Journaling helped Marcus Aurelius cultivate the emotional intelligence necessary to steer Rome through turbulent times.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
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How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.
Though Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War" is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
To understand Vincent van Gogh, we must first debunk the myth of the tortured artist. Van Gogh believed his illness inhibited his creativity.
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
Becoming a renter in today’s economy may be a smart decision for some people.
Million Stories
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
If you look into a mirror, you'll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn't what you think.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
"You gotta know when to fold 'em."
Nearly 2000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii but incinerating Herculaneum. The most lethal volcanic phenomenon is at fault.
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
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How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
The content of our long-term memories is constantly "reconstructed" by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.
Our brainwaves naturally synchronize with external stimuli like flickering lights. Here's how the phenomenon might boost learning.
The Universe is grand, awe-inspiring, and greater than we likely imagine. Even astrophysicists get anxious thinking about it, but we cope.
Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.
Million Stories
There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.
The double-slit experiment, hundreds of years after it was first performed, still holds the key mystery at the heart of quantum physics.
Delay the instant gratification of online knowledge and first seek out the wisdom within yourself.
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You might suppress your emotions when you walk through the door at work. But your colleagues can still feel them.
Do you think other people are happier than you?
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
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“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.