Listen to Your Parents! (It’s Good for Them)
After rejecting their parents’ values wholeheartedly as teenagers, many young adults rediscover the joys of family bonds and once again see …
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And Spread Sunshine All Over the Place….
Practitioners of the discipline ”positive psychology” say that thinking happy thoughts can help create a more joyful life. But could too …
Mosley’s Dilemma (Too skilled for the jobs at hand)
By the close of the Masterpiece Theatre series, Downton Abbey, changing economic times had reduced the Abbey’s household staff to …
Is Spanking Bad for Children?
Did your parents spank you? Mine spanked me, plenty. And, no, this will not be a story about my awful …
Meet MogiRobi, the Robot Who “Speaks“ Dog Fluently
In fiction and film, robots speak like we do. Sure, Star Wars’ R2-D2’s vocabulary was limited to spunky squeaks. But …
A New Type of Evolution, and What It Means for GMO Tech
This is how Darwin says evolution works: Random mutations occur within an organism’s genetic code. When they help the organism …
Barred Owl Rehabilitation
Nearly 80% of the land area within America’s contiguous 48 states lies within a single kilometer of a road. So …
ET, Go Home
NASA routinely beams messages into the universe in an attempt to contact extraterrestrial intelligence. In more than 50 years of …
Stuff My Chimp Throws
You’ve been to the zoo, right? So surely you’ve seen a chimp sit on his haunches while looking with one …
Are You Scared of Spiders?
If the sight of a spider makes your heart race, you’re not alone. According to the American Psychiatric Association, about …
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