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Cognition

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The lost art of listening

Science & Technology

In a world full of noise, is anyone being heard?

Cannabis plants.

Marijuana could give a cognitive boost to older brains

Science
Children reading

A new study gives parents another reason to read to their kids

Education
Rodin The Thinker

A new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their thoughts. How about you?

Environment
White mouse

Researchers may have found the fountain of youth — for mice

Environment
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Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief

Scientists are always interested in how people are creative — and how they can be more creative. Can drugs or alcohol help? The answer, according to scientists, is it depends.

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Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief

Scientists are always interested in how people are creative — and how they can be more creative. Can drugs or alcohol help? The answer, according to scientists, is it depends.

Messy Desks a Sign of Creativity

We’ve all heard the old quote about messy desks that’s attributed to Albert Einstein: “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Well, Einstein’s endorsement of the cluttered desk now has the backing of a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota. […]

Bioethicist raises ethical questions over long-term life support

Health & Medicine

Ariel Sharon, Israel’s former prime minister, has been in a permanent vegetative state since he suffered a stroke in 2006. Recently new tests have revealed brain activity — leaving researchers surprised and raising a whole host of new ethical questions.

NYU researcher doubts science can contribute to understanding creativity

Global Politics

Creativity is hard to define. And Gary Marcus of New York University says its equally hard to measure. He says creativity is different in each individual.

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