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Allegedly, this year Noah has knocked out Michael as the most popular baby boy name in the US. Perhaps among the names least likely to...

Taraxacum is not some newly found dinosaur. It is the scientific name for the pesky weed commonly called the dandelion. The dandelion...

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Let’s suppose that you’ve got a habit you want to break. You’ve followed the following five habit-breaking rules: 1. Tell a friend you’re...

There is a famous Arabic proverb where a camel loaded beyond capacity collapses after a single straw too many, hence, ‘the straw that...

StartFragmentI don’t need to tell you that sight is important for most people. It is estimated that the brain devotes 50% of its activity...

If you run up a long steep incline, it doesn’t take very long before you burn through the energy stored in your muscles and find your...

The 10,000 hour rule helped to make Malcom Gladwell’s book, Outliers a smashing success. Gladwell got the idea from the work done by Dr....

The Declaration of Independence famously champions "the pursuit of happiness". For many, joy and personal fulfillment are one and the...

Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Vinci, April 15th, 1452. In his lifetime, he painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was a sculptor,...

The relationship between your basal ganglia and your working memory is a little like the one between Tonto and the Lone Ranger. [Editor's...