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Electrifying your home is about to get a lot cheaper | Grist
Rebates from the IRA could help low- and middle-income households save thousands on heat pumps, weatherstripping, and other efficiency improvements.
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What Even Is Time? An Explainer
Our perception of time is changing constantly. Here’s why—and how to harness the power for good.
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The case of the Colorado River’s missing water — High Country News – Know the West
Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the river.
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Nearly a fifth of workers say their workplace is toxic: poll | The Hill
Nearly 1 out of 5 employees say their place of work is very or somewhat toxic, according to a poll by the American Psychological Association (APA). “The number of individuals who report experiencing a toxic workplace without protection from harm is trou
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Use Salt to Revive Your Kitchen Sponge
Increase its lifespan using a common pantry staple.
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Here’s How to Jump Start a Car Without Cables
This is one instance you don’t want to channel Angus “Mac” MacGyver.
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5 Amazing New Discoveries About Light - Nautilus
Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.
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How to Actually Enjoy Your Next Flight. (Or Just Not Hate It.)
Everything you need for a comfortable in-flight experience, from sleep advice to a refresh on passenger rights—and etiquette rules.
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An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’ Moves Through the Universe | Quanta Magazine
Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves pervading the cosmos. The cause? Probably supermassive black hole collisions, but more exotic options can’t be ruled out.
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The Man Who Broke Bowling | GQ
Jason Belmonte’s two-handed technique made him an outcast. Then it made him the greatest—and changed the sport forever.
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Astronomers announce major discovery about gravitational waves - The Washington Post
The claim of a gravitational wave background suggests the universe is constantly roiled by violent events that happened over the past 13 billion years.
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Your Cotton Tote is Pretty Much the Worst Replacement for a Plastic Bag
You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact.
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Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence?
Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.
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The Top-Saved Long Reads of 2023 (So Far)
The legacy of the pandemic hand sanitizer boom, an ingenious idea for solving the housing crisis, and more.
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Overfishing Definition, Statistics, Effects and Overfishing Solutions
Overfishing has depleted one third of the world's fish populations. This harms not only fish, but entire ecosystems and the people that rely on them.
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These Are the Interview Questions Candidates Hate the Most
People ranked these questions as the worst to answer during an interview.
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All the Ways Airbnb Hosts Deceive You
These tricks aren't illegal, but are certainly misleading.
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‘Overemployed’ Hustlers Exploit ChatGPT To Take On Even More Full-Time Jobs
"ChatGPT does like 80 percent of my job," said one worker. Another is holding the line at four robot-performed jobs. "Five would be overkill," he said.
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How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Sales of heat pumps are rising. We answer your heat pump questions. : NPR
Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution?
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5 Garbage Disposal Dos and Don'ts | AHS
Learn About and Manage Your Home Maintenance Needs
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Six Verbs That Make You Sound Weak (No Matter Your Job Title)
Sometimes it’s the smallest words and phrases that shape how you’re perceived around the office. Here are a few to watch out for at every level.
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As Millions of Solar Panels Age Out, Recyclers Hope to Cash In - Yale E360
Solar panels have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years, but they contain valuable metals, including silver and copper. With a surge of expired panels expected soon, companies are emerging that seek to recycle the reusable materials and keep the panels out of land
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The Evolutionary Mystery of Left-Handedness
From Medieval sword-fighters to Broca’s brains, or why the hand may hold the key to the link between creativity and mental illness.
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How to Stop Being Late
If you don’t have a late friend, you are the late friend. Here’s how to be on time.
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The ‘Very Special Episodes’ on TV That Actually Changed People’s Lives
Back when it was edgy for sitcoms to take on serious topics, they really impacted some kids’ understanding of real-life issues.
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How to learn touch typing and use the home row - The Verge
It’s never too late to learn touch typing so you never have to awkwardly hunt and peck your way around a keyboard. With some practice using these accessible tools and games, you can learn to type faster without looking at the keys.
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How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities - Nautilus
Richard Feynman’s path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means.
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Here’s How to Unshrink a Sweater and Salvage Your Go-To Outfits
We hope you haven’t tossed it yet, because this works.
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2 Cast Iron Skillet Tips for Beginners
I wish I knew these simple yet game-changing tips before I bought my cast iron skillet.
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Requiem for a string: Charting the rise and fall of a theory of everything | Ars Technica
String theory was supposed to explain all of physics. What went wrong?
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The Reincarnated
A young woman is embraced by her remote village as the reincarnated spirit of a soldier killed in war — until a professor obsessed with proving life after death shows up from America to test her claim.
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Photo Gallery: 21 of Vivienne Westwood’s Most Iconic Fashion Looks – Rolling Stone
Here are some of Vivienne Westwood's most memorable looks and outfits, seen on celebrity friends, models, musicians and the designer herself
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Walt Whitman on What Makes Life Worth Living
“Tone your wants and tastes low down enough, and make much of negatives, and of mere daylight and the skies.”
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The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’
A broad coalition of English speakers—teachers, retail workers, ice-cream scoopers, and plenty of others—is grasping for a more inclusive greeting.
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Expiration Dates Are Meaningless - The Atlantic
Do I dare to eat an old peach yogurt? Yes, yes I do.
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How to Take Better Notes for Information Retention
Educational psychologist Kenneth Kiewra has some advice to help you retain and remember more.
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The Fatal Hike That Became a Nazi Propaganda Coup
In 1936, a school group from south London went on a hike in the Black Forest. Despite the heroic rescue attempts of German villagers, five boys died. Over eighty years on, locals are still asking how it happened.
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A Brief History of Pickles
From ancient Mesopotamia to New York deli counters, pickles have played a vital role in the global culinary scene. But where do pickles come from, and how did the cucumber become the standard-issue pickling vegetable in the States?
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The World’s Most Efficient Languages
How much do you really need to say to put a sentence together?
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Designing The Future | Atmos
For a growing number of visionary designers, the future of fashion is interwoven with biology.
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How to Completely Wipe All Data From Your Computer
Plus: the best way to recycle the machine when you’re done.
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Why you should really stop charging your phone overnight | ZDNet
Do you plug in your phone every night right before you go to bed? Here's what you should be doing instead.
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Don’t Book Vacations Rentals With These Red-Flag Words in the Listing
Or at least use them as context clues to learn more about the property.
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The Real Reason Why Most Plane Seats Are Blue—and Other Curious Facts About Plane Cabins
Ever wonder why nearly all planes have blue seats?
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Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes? - The Atlantic
There are no good solutions to the problems of closet clean-out.
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How to Digitize Old Photos (We Compared 3 Top Photo Scanning Apps and a Scanner) | WIRED
Bring old memories back to life by digitizing your old photos. We tested three popular photo scanning apps against a scanner.
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How a near-death experience could change the way you live : NPR
When Randy Schiefer was hospitalized with COVID-19, he wasn't sure he would survive. Now, he looks back at that experience as the most important thing that has ever happened to him.
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For Some Maniacal Reason, Teachers Gave This Math Problem to 9-Year-Olds
And no one could solve it—not even the teachers. Can you figure out the answer?
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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore
Telephone culture is disappearing.
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Will SCOTUS Apply Its Political Corruption Ruling To Itself?
It takes hubris befitting a king for the US Supreme Court to rule, on the eve of celebrating the Declaration of Independence, our founding screed against political corruption, that a jury cannot convict a governor for taking $177,000 in loans and favors f
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How the TSA created two classes of travelers
Nilay Patel speaks with the TSA’s chief innovation officer, Dan McCoy, about airport surveillance, security lines, and what we surrender when we sign up for PreCheck
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Ultralight Backpacking Hacks No One Tells You About
You pack it, you carry it.
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With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
There couldn’t be a ‘Is This a Pigeon?’ without a ‘Beware of Doug’.
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Ten Items That Belong in Every Carry-On Bag
Space comes at a premium, but these items are most worthy of it.
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How to Tell When It’s Time to Quit Your Job to Protect Your Mental Health
Not sure whether or not you should quit your job in order to protect your mental health? Here’s how to tell when it’s time to let go, according to an expert.
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What are nurdles? The petrochemical product is infiltrating the environment. - Vox
Nurdles are the second-largest source of ocean microplastics. Nobody’s responsible for cleaning them up.
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The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future | Soil | The Guardian
Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species
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Why Americans Are Leaving Downtowns in Droves - The Atlantic
The rise of remote work has snipped the tether between home and office, allowing many white-collar workers to move out of high-cost cities.
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The Rise of the 9 p.m. Work Hour - The Atlantic
Why a 9-to-10 is the new 9-to-5
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Please Don’t Put Your Suitcase on the Bed, Ever
The real reason there’s a luggage rack in your hotel room.
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Is Consciousness Everywhere?
Experience is in unexpected places, including in all animals, large and small, and perhaps even in brute matter itself.
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Stop Tossing Your Banana Peel on the Trail
That "organic litter" you just threw? It'll still be around in a year.
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6 Signs It’s Time to Leave Your Job
Number one: You’re no longer growing in your role.
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The US Refuses to Fall in Love With Electric Cars | WIRED
As China and Europe lead the race to make electric vehicles mainstream, America lags behind. This is a problem.
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Remember People’s Names Once and for All — by Using This Technique From Memory Champs
Take the strategy employed by memory athletes to memorize decks of cards and thousands of digits of pi, and adapt it to get over stranger-name forgetfulness.
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2021 was the year clean energy finally faced its mining problem - The Verge
Climate pledges are driving an enormous hunger for lithium, cobalt, and critical minerals that are used in everything from EV batteries to wind turbines. 2021 was a big year for the new clean energy mining boom.
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11 epic scientific mysteries researchers totally can’t solve - Vox
What is the universe made out of? When did the anus evolve? Can humans live to 150 years old? And more!
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The Future of Work: Shorter Hours, Longer Careers - The Atlantic
Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the opportunity to redesign work.
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When the Myth of Voter Fraud Comes for You - The Atlantic
To support the Republican narrative that our elections are rife with misconduct, someone needs to take the fall.
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How Brains Seamlessly Switch between Languages - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is deeper than we thought, NASA Juno spacecraft finds : NPR
NASA's Juno spacecraft sweeps over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and makes a 3D map of the giant storm. The findings could shed light on gas giant exoplanets in distant solar systems.
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Have a Backup Plan for All Holiday Travel in 2021
That is, unless you don't mind being stuck at your in-laws'.
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Want to Retain Information Better? Try This Popular, 70-Year-Old Note-Taking Method
At a conference, in a conference room, or in a classroom, this method is proven and powerful.
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How American Billionaires Like Phil Knight Pass Wealth to Heirs Tax-Free
Phil Knight is one of many America billionaires giving fortunes to family while avoiding billions in U.S. taxes. Here’s how.
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The dark side of wellness: the overlap between spiritual thinking and far-right conspiracies | Health & wellbeing |
Extreme right-wing views and the wellness community are not an obvious pairing, but ‘conspirituality’ is increasingly pervasive. How did it all become so toxic? By Eva Wiseman
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What is Mercury in Retrograde, and Why Do We Blame Things On It?
Yes, Mercury will appear to move backwards. No, that doesn’t mean your electronics or your relationships will fail.
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Free Returns Are Complicated, Laborious, and Gross - The Atlantic
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
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Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing | by Clive Thompson | Aug, 2021 | OneZero
Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects — traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses — just so I can finish a web search. I also don’t like being forced to donate free…
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What Is Consciousness? Is the Universe Conscious? - Theories
Some scientists believe the universe is conscious. Sounds like a bad trip ... but what if it's true?
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LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention (Inside Mental Health Podcast)
Did you to know that the risk of suicide among LGBTQ youth is almost 4 times higher than for non-LGTBQ youth? Listen to this podcast to learn more from the Trevor Project.
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Advice on Learning a New Language From People Who Speak Up to 16
Anyone can learn a new language, no matter their age. Simply follow this expert advice down the sweet-talking path to success.
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The Decoy Effect: How You Are Influenced to Choose Without Really Knowing It
Think you got a good deal? Look again.
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You Should Put a Bowl of Vinegar in Your Dishwasher—Here’s Why
It’s a terrific rinse-aid that combats water stains like no other.
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Physics Explains Why Time Passes Faster As You Age
Mind time cannot be measured on a watch.
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A Child’s Puzzle Has Helped Unlock the Secrets of Magnetism
People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.
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Your Brain Doesn't Work the Way You Think It Does
A conversation with neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on the counterintuitive ways your mind processes reality—and why understanding that might help you feel a little less anxious.
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Musings On Music: Seven Insights From Psychology – Research Digest
By Emma Young. New research is revealing all manner of psychological and neurological effects of music.
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Why Are Memories Attached to Emotions So Strong? | Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Multiple neurons in the brain must fire in synchrony to create persistent memories tied to intense emotions, new research from Columbia neuroscientists has found.
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Handgun ownership is a 'major risk factor' for suicide
Owning a handgun is linked to a significantly higher risk of suicide, and particularly suicide by firearm, according to a large study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Planning for Life Post-Pandemic — Lemonade To Lace
Hey y’all. I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy during these times. In an effort to keep myself busy I’ve been sharing with you how I’m passing the time while self-quarantining - blogging is a great creative outlet! My favorite part of the d
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Hand-Mind Discoordination: Study Finds You Really Don't Know The Back Of Your Hand Very Well At All - Study Finds
The old saying goes if you know something well, you know it "like the back of your hand." But a new study finds that you likely don't know your hands very well at all.
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A brain glitch? A sign of quantum entanglement? What science says about déjà vu | Aeon Videos
Roughly two-thirds of people have had déjà vu, or the weird feeling that a new situation has been experienced before. Yet its prevalence belies just how mysterious the phenomenon remains to researchers, despite some extraordinary recent leaps in neurosc
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Honing What You Love to Do Will Give You a Chance to Succeed at Work
“People often succeed because they have a set of various skills that don’t normally go together.”
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How Much Does Our Language Determine Behavior? - David Shariatmadari - Behavioral Scientist
In his latest book, Don't Believe a Word, David Shariatmadari explores how the language we speak impacts the way we see the world, and our behavior in it.
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To Achieve Your Goals, Lump and Slice - By Lee Anne Fennell - Behavioral Scientist
Humans are remarkably sensitive to how we bundle and divide tasks and choices. We can use that quirk to help realize our aspirations.
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Ocean plastic pollution: why our clothes are part of the problem - Vox
How much plastic is your washing machine sending out to sea?
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Podcasts | Dr. Dyan
Podcasts on self hypnosis, the best sleep tips, favorite ways to help insomnia, alleviate anxiety, mind body healing, self care, and mindfulness
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A New Way of Tapping into Gratitude to Light Your Way
Gratitude benefits us and those around us. Read a simple, new way to connect with gratitude to lift you up and light your path forward.
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Clean Your Smart Phone! It's Covered in Germs
A new survey of 1,200 Americans and their cleaning habits finds that one in four (23%) have never cleaned their smartphone.
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Buying Less Makes People Happier than Just Buying Green
By Emily Reynolds. In contrast, people who "buy green" are not any happier.
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The Past, Present and Future Are Subjective
By Emma Young. When people see the future as coming sooner, they make more far-sighted choices, the study finds.
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Being Environmentally Conscious and Buying Less Linked to Happiness
By Emily Reynolds. In contrast, people who "buy green" are not any happier.
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Interesting Research into What the "Present" Means
By Emma Young. When people see the future as coming sooner, they make more far-sighted choices, the study finds.
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Maps of Water, Crops, and Coasts Reveal the Truth About Human and Earth Interactions
To our detriment, if we continue on current trajectories, and global modelling shows just how. Natalie Parletta reports.
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No, Evolution Is Not Always Dog-Eat-Dog
Violence has been the sire of all the world’s values,” wrote poet Robinson Jeffers in 1940. “What but the wolf’s tooth whittled…
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Here's Some Ways to Help the Planet and Your Wallet
An estimated one-third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. Food waste is both a humanitarian concern and drives climate change. Here are some tips to prevent food waste.
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Scientists Find Different Thoughts Produce Different Sound Frequencies
Synchronised brainwaves may explain our ability to rapidly analyse information, allowing us to think through options before the right one is laid down as a memory
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Here's How Déjà Vu Works
Feelings of déjà vu and premonition seem spooky, but when we understand the common tricks our memory plays on us, there’s nothing unusual about these experiences.
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Your Brain Stops Time When You Blink – Research Digest
By Emma Young. The study raises all kinds of fascinating questions for future research to investigate.
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7 money mistakes millionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates avoid
If you want to reach millionaire status, the most important thing you can do is to learn from the likes of the super wealthy, from Bill Gates to Eric Schmidt to Warren Buffett. Here are seven things you'll never find them doing, and how you can apply thei
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Must Have Travel Tools
I’m really looking forward to our travels abroad this summer, so several weeks ago I started the whole planning process. I got so many great sightseeing and restaurant tips from dear friends, which in turn got me really excited! I love the idea of trave
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These 10 Steve Jobs Quotes Will Inspire You to Follow Your Dreams
The Apple co-founder’s creativity, passion, and attention to detail might just ignite yours.
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Low Self-Control When for Online Sales Relates to High Risk For Cybercrime
If you've got low self-control, there's a good chance you'll fall victim to cybercrime, a recent study out of Michigan State University finds.
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10 Things You Can Do to Save the Ocean
Learn what you can do to help save the ocean with these 10 tips.
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Science around trauma and memory shifting how police respond to victims
Police are now learning to accommodate include fragmented memories, dissociation and a kind of involuntary paralysis known as “tonic immobility.”
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Banksy painting shreds itself moments after being sold for $1.4 million at London auction
The 'Girl with Balloon' painting by artist and prankster Banksy appeared to self-destruct after selling for $1.4 million at a Sotheby's auction in London.
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Heather Heying: Free Speech on Campus
Heather Heying at the US Department of Justice forum on Free Speech on College Campuses - 9/17/2018. Help support Heather's work on patreon: https://www.patr...
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Frightening Number Of Parents Text, Check Social Media While Driving - With Kids In Tow - Study Finds
Distracted driving causes about one in four traffic-related deaths and injuries. A statistic like that should make people, particularly parents, want to put that cell phone away while driving. But do they?
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Letters Of Recommendation May Actually Hurt Female Applicants' Job Prospects - Study Finds
As if landing an interview wasn't hard enough, women face another surprising challenge when they apply for jobs. The coveted letters of recommendation applicants hope will open interview doors may actually do more harm than good for female applicants, a r
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The Environment's New Clothes: Biodegradable Textiles Grown from Live Organisms
To combat the ill effects of “fast fashion,” designers look for more sustainable methods
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Meet the Rosehip Neuron: A Newly Discovered Cell in the Human Brain | Smart News | Smithsonian
The neuron is not found within lab mice, possibly explaining why mouse studies often do not translate to human brains
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Why Healing and Consciousness Is Truly the Secret Weapon to Social Change
“All meaningful and lasting change begins on the inside.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
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Why Do Mosquitos Bite Some People More Than Others?
Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes
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The Hiker’s Guide to Leaving No Trace . . . and in One Piece | NRDC
How to be responsible, pee responsibly, and handle animal encounters when you’re out in the wild, communing with nature.
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What to Do If You Get Sick on Vacation
A guide to getting well in another country, when you don’t have the comforts of home, don’t speak the language, and don’t know the local health-care system.
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The Unexpected Word That Shows Up on Every Hacked-Password List
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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How Caring for Our Ocean Is a Form of Self-Care
How you can help care for our oceans.
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The 5 Most Impressive Questions to Ask a Job Interviewer
Here are the five best questions to ask a job interviewer — to both impress your potential employer, and help you know if it’s the right job for you.
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Flooding has flushed 43 billion plastic pieces out to sea
Study reveals how plastic pollution travels from the world’s cities to its oceans
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The Household Products That Cause Air Pollution
A new study finds that many household goods degrade air quality more than once thought.
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Where Do You Go When You Die? The Increasing Signs That Human Consciousness Remains After Death
"Our consciousness, it seems, does not become annihilated just because we've crossed the threshold of death; it appears to keep functioning and not dissipate."
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Free Podcast on Epigenetics with Rachel Yehuda
Great talk with Rachel Yehuda on epigenetics and how trauma impacts our bodies, brains, and how it gets passed on AND how we can heal it.
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Therapy for schizophrenia
Nick has been on the street due to schizophrenia; He is a very bright and loving 40 year old with whom I have been having lunch with, twice a week for the past 3 months. Nick’s Heart opened up and he is willing to receive professional help. Nick inher
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How Successful Business Leaders Unplug
Let’s all take a cue (or two) from them.
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Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives – Brain Pickings
How to fine-tune the internal monologue that scores every aspect of our lives, from leadership to love.
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10 Psychological Concepts That People Don’t Get
Many aspects of human psychology that are consistently difficult for students to understand. Here is a list of 10 for starters.
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Learning by Hearing, Learning by Seeing
As a metaphor for learning, sound has a shadier reputation than sight.
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SoKind Registry - More fun, less stuff!
SoKind is a registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, day-of-event help, and more. Here's to more fun and less stuff!
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How To Be Resilient
How do we increase grit and persistence? Let's look at how survivors get through the most dangerous situations and learn lessons on how to be resilient.
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Loneliness Poses Greater Public Health Threat than Obesity
The loneliness epidemic is growing and becoming more costly by the day. But there is something you can do about it.
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The Best Way to Manage Your Social Anxiety Is to Accept It
Some studies are suggesting that a better way to deal with it is by exposing yourself to anxiety-inducing situations.
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#California decided it was tired of women bleeding to death in childbirth
The maternal mortality rate in the state is a third of the American average. Here's why.
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Hilma af Klint: a painter possessed
Was Hilma af Klint Europe’s first abstract artist? As an exhibition of her extraordinary, occult-inspired works opens in London, we travel to Stockholm to find out…
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8 Things You Need To Know About Your Body's Energy Levels
Remember: The idea is to leave the gym energized, not exhausted.
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This $6,000 mistake taught me how to learn from failure
In my first job after college, I directed a product development department that created group weight loss curriculums. Turns out, I had misunderstood our agreement with this contractor. I thought we…
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To Make Better Decisions, Ask Yourself ‘What,’ Not ‘Why’ -- Science of Us
’What’ questions help us understand ourselves.
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CDC confirms lemon eucalyptus oil as effective as DEET
According to the CDC, lemon eucalyptus oil could be a much safer and more natural weapon than DEET.
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Change Your Roles, Change Your Life
In 1978, Ellen Langer, a Harvard psychologist performed an important study. She gave houseplants to two groups of nursing-home residents. One group was told they were responsible for keeping the…
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11 easy ways to reduce your plastic waste today
Maybe you’re not ready to breakup with plastic altogether, but here are some simple ways that can make a big difference in reducing the amount of disposable plastic in your life.
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Why Your Brain Has 2 Halves
Scientists have long known that the two halves of human brains perform different functions. Now, researchers look at why this is beneficial.
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How Self-Help Really Works
At the beginning of last year, I inadvertently found myself listening to an interview with self-help guru Tony Robbins. That interview made me curious, and pretty soon I had listened to several…
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You Need Clarity of Purpose to Succeed
Your direction defines what you do every day. Clarifying not only your purpose but your direction reinforces your ultimate life purpose. You should have a clear understanding of what you want next…
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The Case Against Reality
A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experience through our senses.
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25 great questions to ask your future boss
It’s time for my twice-a-year update of the best questions for you to ask in an interview. This year, I’ve asked my classmates from Harvard Business School, class of 1998, to weigh in with *their…
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The Science Backed Ways Music Affects Your Brain and #Productivity
There you sit again: browser open in front of you, the hum of your office in the background, your to-do list sprawled out on your notepad. You try working offline. You try the pomodoro method. You…
