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08/01/2019 - 16:36

Patience, the ability to keep calm in the face of disappointment, distress or suffering, is worth cultivating. The virtue is associated... →

26/12/2018 - 14:06

Alex Mullen has an extraordinary talent: after just 16 seconds of flicking through a pack of cards, he can recall their exact order. The 26... →

21/12/2018 - 13:38

For many of us, these discussions are our cue to excuse ourselves and see if help is needed in the kitchen. But we have much to gain by... →

12/12/2018 - 14:12

Increased Geopolitical Risk for Business. Citing national security threats, the United States will lean heavily on Europe, Japan,... →

03/12/2018 - 16:43

The internet is the wider network that allows computer networks around the world run by companies, governments, universities and other... →

28/11/2018 - 13:48

The first two books dealt with the past and the future, and now Harari wants “to zoom in on the here and now,” particularly the here and... →

21/11/2018 - 11:07

We understood Keret and the path he was taking, outside the mainstream that was captivated by lofty words and “important” literature that... →

16/11/2018 - 14:46

At 11 A.M. on Monday, November 11, 1918, (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month), the armistice marking the end of World War I... →

09/11/2018 - 15:46

And it’s a disagreement that has been made yet more fraught by the political concerns that often underlie it. Traditionally, those on the... →

03/11/2018 - 12:41

Martin Rees, the U.K.’s Astronomer Royal, and co-founder of the Cambridge Center for the Study of Existential Risk, warned in the report... →

28/10/2018 - 14:23

The talking bot can supposedly identify joy, sadness, anger, and surprise and determine whether a person is in a good or bad mood—abilities... →

23/10/2018 - 16:58

More than four decades later, the report’s main conclusions are still valid, according to a group of independent researchers who have... →

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