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Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.
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Is social media changing your memory? Here’s what the science actually says.
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From trust and conformity to aspiration, this new series, hosted by Todd Rose, explores and decodes the world’s greatest Collective Illusions.
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To understand the edges of our universe, we’ll need to explore the edges of our own philosophies.
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Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.
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IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
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The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora is one of the reasons why Bryan Walsh sees supervolcanoes as the” single, biggest threat to the human race.”
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People rarely question their own moral compass. But do you know what shapes yours?
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No amount of success can overcome imposter syndrome without a mindset geared toward growth.
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These psychological principles can unlock your resiliency.
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Poachers drove the Northern White Rhino to extinction. One scientist and her “frozen zoo” are on a mission to bring them back.
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Anyone can learn from this creativity challenge.
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It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
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Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang.
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This Yale researcher is creating an experimental therapy for cystic fibrosis made from viruses – and it’s working.
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares how living in space has bettered his life on Earth.
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The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.
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Philosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say about it.
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This man did over 150 drugs to help teach others how to use them safely.
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According to Zena Hitz, the idea of the intellectual has become distorted. She believes “the real thing is something more extraordinary but also more available to us.”
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The “Limitless” pill exists, and you already have it in your brain.
James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.
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Humanity’s most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?
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Covid-19 drove his start-up through the trenches. Now Austen Allred is sharing his secret that lead his start-up out of a recession.
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What do candles, coffee, and candy have to do with it?
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Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Lamborghini vs. Ferrari. What can the most famous rivalries teach us about human nature?
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1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.
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From Kim Kardashian’s stories to your friend’s Facebook post: social media is designed to keep you jealous.
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College doesn’t pay off for a lot of people. So he started a school that doesn’t get paid unless you do.
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