Trump’s victory makes clear that the economic crisis and the misery it has spurred has not been matched by an ideological crisis– a crisis of ideas, education, and values. Critical analysis and historical memory have given way to a culture [...]
Constant stress could be a key factor in raising the risk of a heart attack, say researchers.Source: Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart disease' - BBC News
A UPMC study finds that using multiple social media sites is more strongly linked to depression than total time spent digitally socializing.Source: The perils of social media?
The findings suggest a seismic cultural shift in youth drinking habits, and validates official statistics showing young people are drinking less than their counterparts were 10 years agoSource: Generation Y have Turned their Backs on Alcohol - Demos
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered for the first time that the rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the human brain that enhances emotional judgments and memory recall.Source: Rhythm of breathing affects memory and fear
Dr. Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist at the City College of New York (CUNY) and co-founder of String Field Theory, says theoretical particles known as “primitive semi-radius tachyons” are physical evidence that the universe was created by a higher intelligence.After analyzing the behavior [...]
One-size-fits-all approaches to finding happiness make us unhappy, experts say.Source: The 'Tyranny' of Positive Thinking Can Threaten Your Health and Happiness
Gandhi’s ideas about economics are unpopular in India because its middle class is more eager to jump on the affluence bandwagon than take stock of the looming environmental crisis.Source: Gandhi Was Perfectly Sensible to Call Industrial Civilisation 'a Nine Days' [...]
Using rigorous evaluation techniques and drawing on a mature field of research linking specific character measures to hard outcomes, such as employability, we are able to demonstrate that – for those programmes we have evaluated – investment in social action [...]
He abhorred the materialist philosophy and was a deeply religious initiate into the Mysteries; a man possessed by the pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone for the glorification of his deity; an introspective seeker of deep truth who ultimately devoted more [...]