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"No matter how long you’ve been doing a job or how good people say you are, you need to care as if you’ve never done it before."
A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what's next.
The FDA approved a single-dose, long-acting injection to protect babies and toddlers from RSV over the fall and winter.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
Fortune cookies emerged from one of America’s darkest moments.
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
The use of AI within mental health services could be a game-changer.
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Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
These quick bursts of inspiration will brighten your day in 10 minutes or less.
The definition of a kilogram will now be fixed to Planck's constant, a fundamental part of quantum physics.
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.
For 100 million years, there was only creation in the Universe. Meet our first moments of destruction. The cosmic story that gave rise to us is a story rife with […]
New principled approach helps autonomous underwater vehicles explore the ocean in an intelligent, energy-efficient manner.
Catch up on the phenomenon known as ASMR, which is exploding in popularity and may be linked to the appeal of religion.
Who actually practices what they preach? Various studies suggest that blue states do a better job at staying married and avoiding teen pregnancy—but like all data, it's not so simple.
Time on your own means time to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Keeping any employee happy and engaged with their work is a constant challenge for employers. Happy workers tend to be more productive and better able to focus on tasks than […]
It isn’t just supernovae or neutron star collisions that make the heaviest elements. The physics might surprise you! “Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he’s got iron teeth.” –Andrei A. […]
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The popular concept of introversion often differs from how psychologists define the term, but a new model seeks to clarify exactly what being an introvert means.
Think the periodic table is complicated? Now learn how each element in it was created. “It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order […]
Let your employees replenish their energy with a nap over a cup of coffee.
The selfie continues its trajectory as a major form of communication in today’s social media universe. Named the Oxford Dictionary Online Word of the Year in 2013 the selfie has […]
A few months ago I posted a piece which has become my most popular blog post by quite a landslide.The postcovered various techniques for learning and looked at the empirical […]
Science lives in a world of data and so now that we have real evidence we must do something real about it.
Years ago, when I was a young reporter working for a New England newspaper, I was told, more than once, that our city editor had “the personality of a door […]
What if you could bottle President Obama's famous cool, Lady Gaga's style and Michael Phelps's athleticism? An experimental philosopher is attempting to do just that. Sort of.