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  • The Surprising Link Between Compassion and Success
    The Surprising Link Between Compassion and Success
    New research suggests that rather than making them look soft, acts of kindness and altruism increase leaders' standing in a group.
    February 3, 2016BY Emma Seppälä
  • To See Why Attitudes on Having Children Have Changed, Look at … New Yorker Cartoons?
    To See Why Attitudes on Having Children Have Changed, Look at … New Yorker Cartoons?
    The things we find funny can also tell us a lot about our cultural moment, our attitudes and ...
    September 13, 2015BY Jessica Calarco
  • iPhone ‘Withdrawal’ Really Makes People Anxious
    iPhone ‘Withdrawal’ Really Makes People Anxious
    Separation from iPhones can cause users serious psychological and physiological effects, including poor performance on cognitive tests, according ...
    January 11, 2015BY Nathan Hurst
  • Knowing What You’ve Never Learned
    Knowing What You’ve Never Learned
    People known as "acquired savants" have spectacular abilities that emerge suddenly, usually after a brain injury. In these ...
    January 8, 2015BY Michael Jawer
  • Is Stephen Hawking Right? Could AI Lead to the End of Humankind?
    Is Stephen Hawking Right? Could AI Lead to the End of Humankind?
    The famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has revived the debate on whether our search for improved artificial intelligence ...
    December 4, 2014BY David Dowe
  • How Much Did Our Ancestors Drink—Are We Drinking More?
    How Much Did Our Ancestors Drink—Are We Drinking More?
    From thirsty Tudors to Baby Boomers, from Oktoberfest celebrations of old to modern beer gardens, has alcohol consumption ...
    November 1, 2014BY Beat Kümin
  • Do Politics Divide Americans More Than Race?
    Do Politics Divide Americans More Than Race?
    Democrats and Republicans are increasingly split along political party lines, and new research suggests those partisan sentiments are ...
    October 11, 2014BY Clifton B. Parker
  • Can India’s Urban Future Be a Healthy One? (+Photo Gallery)
    Can India’s Urban Future Be a Healthy One? (+Photo Gallery)
    A warm egg, white shell almost translucent, plops into the wire mesh gutter and rolls forward. There is ...
    October 5, 2014BY Michael Regnier
  • Are French People Champions of Doubt and Pessimism?
    Are French People Champions of Doubt and Pessimism?
    PARIS—Could the French people be « happy being unhappy », as suggested by The New Yorker?  Half truth, half ...
    September 23, 2014BY David Vives
  • Working Alone ‘Together’ Can Be Good Motivation
    Working Alone ‘Together’ Can Be Good Motivation
    The sense that you’re not the only one tackling a challenge—even if you’re physically alone—can increase motivation, say ...
    September 21, 2014BY Clifton B. Parker
  • We Judge Trustworthy Faces in a Snap
    We Judge Trustworthy Faces in a Snap
    Our brains are able to judge the trustworthiness of a face even when we cannot consciously see it.
    August 10, 2014BY James Devitt
  • The Strange Ways Our Brains Process Music: What Does Blue Sound Like?
    The Strange Ways Our Brains Process Music: What Does Blue Sound Like?
    People who can't talk after a stroke can often sing—and they are even able to access all the ...
    August 5, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • 15 Lessons Learned by a Canadian Treeplanter to Help Face Challenges in Everyday Life
    15 Lessons Learned by a Canadian Treeplanter to Help Face Challenges in Everyday Life
    Treeplanting is a job that brings extreme mental and physical challenges, and thus great personal growth. I spent ...
    July 7, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • See This Woman’s Portrait Changed to Meet Beauty Standards in Different Countries
    See This Woman’s Portrait Changed to Meet Beauty Standards in Different Countries
    Is beauty universal or relative? Esther Honig contacted 40 designers from 25 countries, asking them to alter a ...
    July 5, 2014BY Benjamin Kim
  • 6 Amazing Stories of Children Raised by Animals
    6 Amazing Stories of Children Raised by Animals
    Some of the fierce animals we dread have saved human children in distress and even taken care of ...
    July 1, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • 150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?
    150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?
    In a mysterious pyramid in China's Qinghai Province near Mount Baigong are three caves filled with pipes leading ...
    June 20, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Hillary Clinton: The Case for the Village (Video)
    Hillary Clinton: The Case for the Village (Video)
    As part of New America’s 10 Big Ideas Conference, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained why American ...
    May 24, 2014BY New America Foundation
  • Ravens Have Social Abilities Previously Only Seen in Humans
    Ravens Have Social Abilities Previously Only Seen in Humans
    Why is a Raven like a writing desk? I don't know, but here's why a raven is like ...
    May 18, 2014BY Declan Perry
  • Fashion Designer With PhD in Physics: Trippy Prints Should Be the New Black, It’s Science
    Fashion Designer With PhD in Physics: Trippy Prints Should Be the New Black, It’s Science
    The colors we wear could affect how we feel and affect the “vibes” we give others, says Australian ...
    May 10, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Is There a Physical Explanation for the ‘Vibes’ You Get Off People?
    Is There a Physical Explanation for the ‘Vibes’ You Get Off People?
    Without realizing it, we may be sensing a type of energy related to people’s thoughts and emotions.
    May 10, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Aboriginal People–How to Misunderstand Their Science
    Aboriginal People–How to Misunderstand Their Science
    Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn’t count beyond five, wandered the desert ...
    April 26, 2014BY Ray Norris
  • How to Prove the Paranormal: Scientists Discuss
    How to Prove the Paranormal: Scientists Discuss
    A growing number of scientists are calling for a shift in scientific methods to acknowledge phenomena commonly experienced ...
    March 28, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Google is Right: We Work Better When We’re Happy
    Google is Right: We Work Better When We’re Happy
    New research confirms what Google already knows—greater employee happiness results in higher productivity without sacrificing quality. Economists carried ...
    March 22, 2014BY Kelly Parkes-Harrison
  • When a Dead Loved One Visits You in a Dream, Is It Real?
    When a Dead Loved One Visits You in a Dream, Is It Real?
    As many as 40 percent of Americans believe they have communicated with the dead. Are all of these ...
    March 19, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Pakistan-India Border Fence Severs Farmers From Land
    Pakistan-India Border Fence Severs Farmers From Land
    Rich, fertile land is a farmer's joy, but for farmers on the border with Pakistan in Jammu State, ...
    November 7, 2012BY Venus Upadhayaya
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