by Ed and Deb Shapiro: We were listening to a radio interview we did recently, talking about the profound benefits of meditation. …More
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First LSD Study In 40 Years Shows Promising Medical Uses
7 Mar 2014
After a decades-long pause on LSD medical research, …More
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What Will Happen to Our Minds in the Future?
4 Mar 2014
by Robert Herrit: Mind-reading machines! Telekinesis! …More
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David Lynch’s Secrets For Tapping Into Your Deepest Creativity
1 Mar 2014
by Carolyn Gregoire: If anyone knows a thing or two about creativity, it’s David Lynch. Arguably one of the most brilliant film directors of our time, …More
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Legal Heroin: Is Virtual Reality Our Next Hard Drug?
28 Feb 2014
by: Steven Kotler: So video games are addictive—this we know… …More
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Foxconns’s Pivot to America: Reverse Outsoursing with Robots
24 Feb 2014
by Jason Dorrier: A little over a year ago, Foxconn, the notorious Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple’s iPhone, said they would replace a million Chinese workers with robots… …More
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IBM Markets Watson as Potential Solution to Africa’s Health and Education Woes
22 Feb 2014
by Cameron Scott: IBM’s Watson is one of the most impressive demonstrations of artificial intelligence to date… …More
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How Your Age Determines What Makes You Happy
20 Feb 2014
by AgingCare: Happiness — an ever-elusive state of being that we unceasingly chase, even though we know it is an inevitably temporary companion… …More
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Arjuna Ardagh How to Enjoy a Good Fight
16 Feb 2014
by Arjuna Ardagh: A few years ago, when my children were still young, we had two of everything in my house, just like Noah. …More
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Intricate 3D Printed Materials Lighter Than Water and as Strong as Steel
13 Feb 2014
by: Jason Dorrier: Using precision lasers, a Nanoscribe 3D printer can print models of the Empire State building in a space the width of a human hair. …More
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5 Ways Our Brain Sabotages Our Goals (& How to Fight Back)
11 Feb 2014
by Erica Sofrina: As wonderful and fascinating as the brain is, it is not always our friend when it comes to achieving goals, according to Gregory Ciotti… …More
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So That’s Their Secret: Pete Carroll Makes All Seahawks Players Take Yoga And Meditate
8 Feb 2014
by Julian Sonny: The Seattle Seahawks are undoubtedly the most poppin’ team in the NFL today. …More
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4 Ways Mindfulness Transforms Your Life — Just Like the Seahawks!
5 Feb 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: There’s an amazing epidemic sweeping America, and it’s a healthy, vital and enriching one. …More
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8 Simple Ways To Be The Happiest Version Of Yourself
1 Feb 2014
by Mike Iamele: Sometimes wellness can feel like a chore. Don’t get me wrong — I love cooking with coconut oil, while sipping my ashwagandha tea and rolling out the yoga mat. …More
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How Meditation Can Save Your Relationship
31 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Everyone gets in arguments—even the Dalai Lama says so! So how do you overcome the times when you just can’t take your mate anymore? …More
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WATCH: A Comedian’s Hilarious Tale of Having ‘The Talk’ With Her Daughter
26 Jan 2014
Having “The Talk” with her 8-year-old daughter was awkward enough. …More
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RoboEarth Project Aims To Build Cloud for Robots
23 Jan 2014
by Eindhoven Technical University: A new project aims to connect the world’s robots so they will be able to learn from each other and from their human interactions. …More
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Low-Income Schools See Big Benefits in Teaching Mindfulness
21 Jan 2014
by Katrina Schwartz: On Jean-Gabrielle Larochette’s first day teaching at Coronado Elementary School in Richmond, Calif., students threw rocks at him, pretending he was a police officer. …More
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IBM Still Slogging Away to Market Watson’s AI Smarts, Invests $1 Billion
16 Jan 2014
by Cameron Scott: What contribution would you make to humankind if you controlled an advanced artificial intelligence platform? …More
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Make Friends with Your Life: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
12 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Many people feel pain, loss and sorrow—but do you let it define who you are? …More
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How Supercomputers Will Yield a Golden Age of Materials Science
9 Jan 2014
by Gerbrand Ceder and Kristin Persson: With supercomputers and the equations of quantum mechanics, scientists are designing new materials atom by atom, before ever running an experiment. …More
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Sarah McLean: Meditation Tips And Awakening
7 Jan 2014
by Sarah McLean: Meditation can increase our creativity, happiness and fulfillment, and is known to have many positive effects on the physical body. …More
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Ray Kurzweil on How We Will Become God-Like
4 Jan 2014
James Bedsole recently released a series of videos including in depth interviews with futurist, inventor and author of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
, Ray Kurzweil. …More
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Martin Seligman: The new era of positive psychology
31 Dec 2013
Martin Seligman talks about psychology — as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become? …More
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Scientists Find One Source of Prayer’s Power
27 Dec 2013
by Piercarlo Valdesolo: The religious find strength through God; this we know. …More
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How I Create: Q&A With Authors Dan Millman & Sierra Prasada
25 Dec 2013
by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S: I’m honored to feature both Dan Millman and Sierra Prasada for this month’s “How I Create” series. …More
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5 Resilience Traits We Can All Learn from Nelson Mandela
23 Dec 2013
by Jan Bruce: I, along with the rest of the world, have been reflecting quite a bit on Nelson Mandela’s life and achievements. …More
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The True Santa Is Within Every One of Us
21 Dec 2013
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: With all the fuss over what color Santa is, we thought it was good to remind ourselves that Santa …More
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Why Multi-Tasking Is Making You Unhappy
18 Dec 2013
by Sheryl Paul: We’re all so busy these days. We work (while eating), we exercise… (while watching the news), we try to eat well… …More
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16 Dec 2013
by Arthur C. Brooks: Happiness has traditionally been considered an elusive and evanescent thing. …More
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40 WAYS TO RELAX IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS
15 Dec 2013
by Shana Lebowitz: There are 364 new emails in the inbox, those new pants are covered in scalding coffee, and the next conference call starts in exactly five minutes. …More
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Ed and Deb Shapiro If Not Now, When? The Beauty of Living in the Moment
7 Mar 2014
Ed and Deb Shapiro explain why it’s important to live for right now and just enjoy being. …More
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Is There Physical Evidence That We Live More Than One Life?
5 Mar 2014
by Roy Stemman: Evidence for Reincarnation. Not only do many world religions embrace the concept of reincarnation …More
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2 Mar 2014
Mastering the balance of restriction and imaginative play, or why unbridling your self-worth from your professional success is essential for happiness. …More
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Body Bacteria: Can Your Gut Bugs Make You Smarter?
25 Feb 2014
by Frank Swain: The bacteria in our guts can influence the working of the mind, says Frank Swain. So could they be upgraded to enhance brainpower?
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Marriage Quality May Influence Heart Disease Risk
21 Feb 2014
by Allison Bond: Ambivalent hearts may be at higher risk for heart disease, according to a new study of married couples with mixed feelings for one another. …More
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6 Surprising (& Natural) Stress Relievers
17 Feb 2014
by Jordyn Cormier: Everyone gets stressed sometimes. Whether it be financial or personal, significant stress is an unfortunate aspect of modern living…
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It’s Time to Stop Being So Serious… Seriously!
15 Feb 2014
by Paramananda Ishaya: The path to Freedom can sometimes seem like a never-ending battle. …More
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Prosthetic Hand Wires in Patients Nerves for Sensations-of Touch
11 Feb 2014
by Cameron Scott: A number of projects are closing in on the goal of delivering a prosthetic hand for amputees that allows them too feel
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Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
9 Feb 2014
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. …More
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Brené Brown: Why Goofing Off Is Really Good For You
6 Feb 2014
By Brené Brown: A few years ago, I noticed in my research that wholehearted people …More
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40 Ways to Relax in 5 Minutes or Less
2 Feb 2014
by Greatist: There are 364 new emails in the inbox, those new pants are covered in scalding coffee, and the next conference call starts in exactly five minutes. …More
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Radical Abundance- How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization
29 Jan 2014
Recently, Dr K. Eric Drexler, Academic Visitor at the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, …More
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Music – Natures Universal Language Is Encoded In Biological Structures
24 Jan 2014
By Jill Mattson: It is cliché that mathematics is the language of Science. Recent discoveries reveal that, in a related and perhaps even more fundamental way, …More
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Meditation Awakens Your Inner Joy
22 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: While in Greece we were invited to a local village dance. …More
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Meditation transforms roughest San Francisco schools
17 Jan 2014
by David L. Kirp: At first glance, Quiet Time – a stress reduction strategy used in several San Francisco middle and high schools, …More
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14 Jan 2014
Imagine you are connected to everything. You have Infinite potential, you are fully loved, and FREE, but something happens, you forget. …More
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Computer Algorithm Predicts which Genes Can Be Turned Off for Anti-Aging Effects
11 Jan 2014
by Tel Aviv University: Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, …More
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Mindfulness Stops Negativity from Sticking to you Like Glue
8 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Did you ever get into a heated argument with someone over a meaningless issue, only to find that encounter constantly replaying itself in your head, …More
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Christina Applegate LIfe Will Surely Manifest Where You Put Your Attention
6 Jan 2014
Maranda Pleasant: What makes you come alive? …More
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What My Year of Yoga Taught Me About Having Patience With Myself
6 Jan 2014
by Leigh Weingus: Like 40 percent of people, I set New Year’s resolutions. Year after year, I resolve to give up junk food, …More
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MIND 2014: How to Break Old Habits and Make the New Ones Stick
31 Dec 2013
by Kathy Barthel: New Year’s resolutions — losing weight, eating better or getting in financial shape – are all about habits. …More
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28 Dec 2013
by Gareth Cook: Scientist Matthew Lieberman uncovers the neuroscience of human connections—and the broad implications for how we live our lives. …More
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Albert Einstein and the Scientific Proof of ‘God’
26 Dec 2013
by Richard Green: As we leave the season when many have celebrated the birth of “The son of God”, …More
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Rethinking Synchronicity You Have the Amazing Ability to Create Coincidence
25 Dec 2013
by Dr. Kirby Surprise: Snchronistic events (SE) are those uncanny coincidences in which the environment seems to be speaking directly to us through events. …More
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11 Easy Steps To An Inspiring Life
24 Dec 2013
by Karin Volo: Inspiration comes in many forms and from many sources. Let’s keep it simple. …More
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It is Possible to Think Yourself Well?
22 Dec 2013
By Dr. Lissa Rankin: What if you had the ability to heal your body just by changing how you think and feel? …More
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4 Lessons Our Pets Can Teach Us About Unconditional Love
20 Dec 2013
by Renee Heiss: Sometimes the greatest lessons come from the most unexpected sources. …More
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How Yoga Became A $27 Billion Industry — And Reinvented American Spirituality
17 Dec 2013
by Carolyn Gregoire: In 1971, Sat Jivan Singh Khalsa moved to New York to open a yoga studio… …More
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15 Dec 2013
by Sheryl Paul: We live in a very loud world…
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Spritz Reader: Getting Words Into Your Brain Faster
6 Mar 2014
by Loz Blain: According to Boston-based startup Spritz, you spend as little as 20 percent of your reading time actually taking in the words you’re looking at …More
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Mandala Art: Drawing Your Way To Wholeness
3 Mar 2014
by Traci Pedersen: “The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the Self.” —Carl G. Jung, Memories, Dreams and Reflections
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The Way Of Mindfulness With Paul McCartney, Richard Gere, Deepak Chopra And Jean Houston
27 Feb 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Mindfulness is a hot buzzword at the moment… …More
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Scientists Report Teleportation of Physical Objects From One Location To Another
23 Feb 2014
by Arjun Walia: The concept of teleportation comes primarily from science fiction literature throughout human history, but things are changing… …More
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The Path of Energy Energy Awareness in the Paradigm Shift
21 Feb 2014
by Synthia Andrews, PhD: The world is changing. Old forms are being challenged and new directions are needed across all spectrums of life; economically, socially, politically, ecologically and spiritually. …More
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10 Great Ways Mindfulness Turns Fear Into An Ally
19 Feb 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: At first glance you might not put mindfulness and fear together, or think that one can counterbalance the other. …More
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Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. Reprogramming Neural Networks
16 Feb 2014
by Alberto Villoldo Ph.D.: If the stories of angels and demons battling it out for your soul don’t resonate with you, you might think of their opposing forces in a less poetic way, using the language of brain science. …More
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11 Feb 2014
by Scott Barry Kaufman: Prodigies dazzle us with their virtuoso violin concertos, seemingly prescient chess moves, and vivid paintings… …More
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Watch Bill Nye Debate Ken Ham on Creation
10 Feb 2014
Television personality Bill Nye the “Science Guy” debated Creation Museum founder Ken Ham yesterday. …More
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Beyond Death Interview with Dr Tony Cicoria
7 Feb 2014
by Suzanne Nichols: In 1994, Dr. Tony Cicoria was talking to his mother on a pay phone when he was suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning. …More
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Working with Emotions How to practice shifting your thoughts
4 Feb 2014
The meaning of life is made, not found. Dr. Robert Holden asks us to reconsider the meaning we place on life events. …More
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Amazing: Super Bowl and TIME Magazine Both Focus on Mindfulness
30 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Guess what, we all meditate! We may be unaware of this because we believe meditation means sitting still and closing our eyes. …More
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Will Artificial Intelligence Use Sex To Improve Itself?
25 Jan 2014
by The Telegraph: In the excellent recent movie, Her, we witness a lonely man falling in love with and even having “sex” with an artificial intelligence system that calls herself Samantha. …More
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Sharon Salzberg Real Happiness At Work: The Myth Of Multitasking
24 Jan 2014
by Sharon Salzberg: The following is excerpted from Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace …More
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Mindfulness Meditation Is the Direct Way to Happiness
19 Jan 2014
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: We often wonder what our lives would be like without meditation or mindfulness. …More
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Government Experiments Reveal Humans Are Capable Of Bending Physical Objects With Their Mind
18 Jan 2014
by Arjun Walia: If you told a random person that psychic phenomena like psychokinesis (or PK) has been proven …More
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Wild Mind A Way Of Reclaiming Our Original Wholeness
15 Jan 2014
by Bill Plotkin: It’s time to take another look at ourselves — to re-enliven our sense of what it is to be human, …More
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Julie Myerson: how mindfulness based cognitive therapy changed my life
13 Jan 2014
by Julie Myeerson: Is anyone genuinely surprised by the findings of this week’s report suggesting that mindfulness …More
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This Ancient Martial Art Can Fight Disease, Calm The Mind And Slow Aging
10 Jan 2014
The Huffington Post: Americans have no difficulty adopting ancient practices into their health regimens. …More
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Eckhart Tolle & Barnet Bain on Bringing Mindfulness to the Movies
7 Jan 2014
Eckhart Tolle: “Movies really have replaced what traditionally were mythologies, that every culture had their mythological beliefs and their collective ‘stories.’ …More
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5 Jan 2014
by Dana Gornall: We are perpetually seeking happiness. Well, I think most of us are, anyway. …More
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Why Saying No Is Saying Yes to Yourself
3 Jan 2014
Do you feel the need to please? To care for other people before yourself? Ed and Deb Shapiro explain why putting yourself first isn’t selfish—it’s the best thing you can do to help others. …More
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Mindfulness Meditation For a Stress-Free Mind
29 Dec 2013
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: We were listening to a radio interview we did recently, talking about the profound benefits of meditation. …More
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Ten Tips From A Shaolin Monk On How To Stay Young Forever
26 Dec 2013
by Suifu Yan Lei: People always say health is the most important thing but how many people live by this belief? …More
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Testing Honda’s “mind-controlled” UNI-CUB β
23 Dec 2013
by Mike Hanlon: The Honda UNI-CUB β has no conventional accelerator, brake or steering mechanism… …More
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IBM Looks At Innovations that Will Change our Lives in the Next Five Years
19 Dec 2013
by IBM: This year, IBM researchers are exploring the idea that everything will learn – driven by a new era of cognitive systems where machines will learn, reason and engage with us in a more natural and personalized way. …More
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Google Buys Boston Dynamics In Sensational Eight Robotics Acquisition
17 Dec 2013
by: Jason Dorrier: Google just acquired Boston Dynamics. It’s the eighth robotics company the California tech titan has purchased in six months… …More
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How Hot Is Your Anger? Cool Yourself Off!
14 Dec 2013
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: Do you get so angry that you feel like a fire-breathing dragon? …More
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Mindfulness For a Stress-less Mind
12 Dec 2013
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Will to Persevere Can Be Triggered by Electric Stimulation
9 Dec 2013
by Julianne Chiaet: The finding lays the groundwork for researchers to study a neuronal network involved in human perseverance …More