Cataclysmic natural disasters frame indelible human stories. Francis Danby, The Deluge By Dr. David R. Montgomery /...
Month: August 2016
Some people are more prone to become glued to their phones than others. / Shutterstock By Dr....
What makes some individuals good at learning languages? / Shutterstock By Brianna Yamasaki / 08.04.2016 PhD Student...
Trump supporters tend to emerge from his rallies incensed and spewing vitriol. (Photo: Darron Birgenheier/flickr/cc) It’s no...
Courtesy: Softwear Automation National Public Radio (NPR) has published a series of stories about robots and the...
By Chris Kolbu The science and practices required to coax the very best out of coffee beans...
Image Source: AK Rockefeller, Flickr, Creative Commons Drone By Adil E. Shamoo United States (FPiF) – The recent...
Initial A: Christ Wiping the Tears from the Eyes of the Saved, attributed to the Master of...
Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers’ brains as they develop, showing how these...
“It has been well said that ‘sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of...
By Perma Chodron / 07.14.2016 How to Access the ‘Mind Trainings’ of Buddhism as Everyday Wisdom When...
Working out can help you avoid diabetes, but being thin is no guarantee. / Shutterstock By Dr....
It is the largest single-day granting of clemency in U.S. history. (Photo: IIP Photo Archive/flickr/cc) “Today’s action...
Photo by Jetvic/iStock A unique community-owned broadband cooperative will free dozens of tiny towns and farms from...
By Chip Richards What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning? When asked what is the...
The second essay in a two-part series in which Lily Ford explores how balloon flight transformed our...
Vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine waves with his presidential running mate Hillary Clinton after she introduced...
By Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne / 07.31.2016 Historian More than two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton...
Worth a thousand words? Or $37 million. Darren Ornitz/Reuters By Dr. Robert Ekelund / 08.02.2016 Eminent Scholar...
An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image. Stargazers...
By Jacob Devaney / 08.03.2016 Four Steps to a More Peaceful Life Overwhelm is a constant state...
Last year’s record heat was fueled by a combination of the effects of global warming and one...
Dave meets Voltaire, art by Count Dolby von Luckner By Eric A. Gordon / 08.02.2016 Curious Dave,...
Will China be the first to genetically enhance future generations? Jianan Yu/Reuters By Dr. G. Owen Schaefer...
A poster of Gretchen Carlson, who is suing former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment....
Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com By Eugene Robinson / 08.02.2016 Washington Post Columnist During the primary season, as Donald...
By Azriel Re’Shel / 08.01.2016 Why do we feel more empathy for those who are most like...
A bronze statue, ‘The Boxer of Quirinal.’ Sometimes ancient Greek boxers would bribe their opponents. Wikimedia Commons...
“I challenge the nominee to set the example for what our country can and should represent.” –...