By Christopher Renzo Life Coach Keen Awareness Life is always changing. On one end this is amazing because it brings new people and experiences into our lives. However, change will inevitably “take” away people and experiences so that we must say goodbye. I must humbly admit to myself that there will come a day when[…]
Modern Lovibond Tintometer By Dr. Emily Martin / 10.04.2016 Professor of Anthropology New York University Figure 1. The slide holder with a series of numbered yellow-tint slips. Courtesy Emily Martin. In 1898, physician and marine biologist A.C. Haddon set off with a group of scientists from Cambridge, England. They aimed to study the residents of[…]
Pope Francis marks the end of the Jubilee of Mercy by closing the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Tiziana Fabi/pool photo via AP By Dr. Mathew Schmalz / 12.04.2016 Associate Professor of Religion College of the Holy Cross The Roman Catholic Church will allow priests all over the world to grant[…]
By Dr. Jill Suttie / 12.05.2016 Psychologist I’m probably not alone when I say that I sometimes balk at the idea of self-compassion. I know that researchers have linked it to many positive outcomes, like less stress, increased well-being, and improved relationships. But I find the idea of directing kindness, understanding, and forgiveness toward myself[…]
Curiosity got close to this outcrop on Sept. 9, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. / Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS 09.09.2016 The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the “Murray Buttes” region of lower Mount Sharp. The new images[…]
By Kyle Mantyla / 12.06.2016 On his television program last night, Glenn Beck said that Sarah Palin’s behavior of late has been so erratic that he is seriously wondering if she has suffered a brain aneurysm. Beck said that Palin’s fawning endorsement and sycophantic defense of Donald Trump during the campaign was “crazy,” but it[…]
By David Pescovitz / 12.05.2016 This oft-seen wonderfully weird photo depicts Hugo Gernsback wearing his “teleyeglasses” in 1963. Gersnback, an inventor of such innovations as a combination electric hair brush/comb and a battery-powered handheld illuminated mirror, is best known to science fiction fans as the founder of Amazing Stories magazine! Gernsback coined the term “science[…]
By Mark Manson / 12.06.2016 Do You Really Want To Be A Rockstar? Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total baller to[…]
Trump family at opening of hotel in Washington, D.C. / (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The meaning of the Emoluments Clause is fairly clear. And it all goes back to a diamond-encrusted snuffbox Ben Franklin got from Louis XVI. By Richard Tofel / 12.02.2016 Far from ending with President-elect Trump’s announcement that he will separate himself[…]