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The Quest to Live Forever
Some scientists are working on making the last stages of life a little healthier, others are trying to extend life, and still others are hoping to make death obsolete.
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The Brain
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Using Science to Start a Conversation
Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce on the importance of questioning everything we think we know.
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Calm
How Mindfulness Helps You Get Unstuck
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson on how mindfulness practice can increase resilience.
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Dr. Dan Siegel: What Hearing “Yes” Does to Your Child’s Brain
It's not about permissive parenting, says Dr. Dan Siegel in his new book "Yes Brain" with co-author Tina Payne Bryson. It's about using "yes" to find ways to relate, which encourages kids to explore and be resilient, instead of starting at "no," which shuts them down.
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Calm
How Your Brain Stops a Bad Day from Making You Hate Everyone
A new study shows how our brains prevent “emotional spillover” from biasing our first impressions of new people.
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How Many Different Human Emotions Are There?
A new study identifies 27 categories of emotion and shows how they blend together in our everyday experience.
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How Meditation Protects the Aging Brain from Decline
A string of recent research suggests regular meditation practice may boost mental flexibility and focus, offering powerful protection against cognitive decline.
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We’re Hardwired to Doubt—And It’s a Good Thing
Doubt helps us avoid acting on every passing idea which can prevent us from participating in certain types of risk.
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Calm
How Awe Brings People Together
A series of experiments suggest that awe causes us to have a smaller sense of self, which shapes our social networks in positive ways.
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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind
Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?
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