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Prince William and Kate Middleton have welcomed their third child to the royal family. Find out where the new royal baby falls in the line of succession to the throne.
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The New York Times bestselling author and founder of Going With Grace shares how close confrontations with death inspired her to change her life.
Unlikely Collaborators
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
It's time for an honest conversation.
After 70 years, "The Power of Positive Thinking" remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Many of his criticisms ring true today.
Technology has advanced at a blinding pace in the past 150 years. That won’t always happen.
Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.
The realism of video games takes storytelling to another level.
They didn't know it, but the rituals of Iron Age Scandinavians turned their iron into steel.
Staring into another person’s eyes for 4 minutes increases intimacy. Now we know which genes might play a role.
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Sometimes we gorge on caffeine hoping it'll jump-start our attention and focus, but that's not actually how our brains work.
The Consumer Electronics Show is over, but the enduring story of how wearables will be a part of everyday life persists. Just a month ago was the Indiegogo campaign to […]
Arthur Chu made waves earlier this year when he won nearly $300,000 on Jeopardy. Like Ken Jennings before him, Chu knows that he has to branch out if he hopes to remain relevant.
"Given the heat," said Miller, "people smelled, of course, but some smelled a lot worse than others."
“The broken places are my canvases,” Artist Lily Yeh says in the documentary The Barefoot Artist. “People’s stories are my pigments. People’s talents and imaginations are the instruments. I began […]
Arthur Brooks, president of the conservative American Enterprise Institute, wants to help you, a stalwart supporter of the free enterprise system, to prevail in the coming Thanksgivings’ dinner table debates. […]
Paris doesn’t pause. The New York Times cover story today on a scandal consuming the city noted that “this being France, a film will be made, and comparisons to the […]
From medieval myths to Shakespeare's plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.
Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.
From Atlantis to Thule, these mythical locales have captivated people's imaginations for centuries.
The pieces don't represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.
None of us know where this is heading, but we can still learn from the moment.
Some things have always been worth celebrating.
It disappeared from central London in 1869, after an archeological magazine praised its historical value
Editors’ Note: It’s too late to heed Mark Card’s advice (below) for Valentine’s 2012. But you’ve got a whole year to save up for two bottles of Tokaji Eszencia for Valentine’s 2013 […]
Einstein “finally concluded that time travel might be inherent in his equations,” but dismissed the notion “on physical grounds."
n nJeff De Cagna, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, is hosting the first-ever Innovation Bloggers Virtual Forum on April 26. The event will consist of two separate […]
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Politeness and pushiness are simple, but recognizing diverse communication styles—termed "relational intelligence" by Angie McArthur, CEO of Professional Thinking Partners—is challenging yet essential for reducing misunderstandings in the workplace.