Lessons From the Tropics
Perceived as an oasis, lush with green vegetation, relaxing beaches, cool waterfalls, and ample time to relax, the stereotype which drives so many to the tropics is actually quite correct. However,...
View ArticleThe Overview Effect
First described by author Frank White in 1987, it is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of...
View ArticleScientists Discover ‘New’ Area of Brain
North star is changing. Earth’s poles are shifting. Is there a cosmic connection between the three? ‘A new brain region that appears to help humans identify whether they have made bad decisions has...
View ArticleJust How Conscious are We?
Our Brains Are Actively Fooling Us half of the time Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that we don’t understand our own consciousness… video Being PRESENT in the NOW ‘Reflections on...
View ArticleA Perfect Case of ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’
Digging up the past could ruin your life Couple’s search for each long lost mother yields shocking discovery – they’re siblings ‘Both of them were abandoned when they were still babies. They also know...
View ArticleThe Push Cart High School Philippines Growing Successful
There are very few things that makes me proud being a Filipino. One of them is our world-class teachers. ‘Efren Penaflorida started this Kariton School in 2009 and won the Hero of the Year award by CNN...
View ArticleNewly Discovered Miracles of Nature
Female Ferns Can Turn Their Neighbors Male They communicate with one another to decide gender ‘A combined team of researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Tokyo has discovered that a...
View ArticleWhat the people of the Amazon know that you don’t
‘…Let’s move to the western Amazon, which is really the epicenter of isolated peoples. Each of these dots represents a small, uncontacted tribe, and the big reveal today is we believe there are 14 or...
View ArticleA Leaderless Flock is Prone to Mass Death [Video]
Sheep are always a leaderless flock and just follow one another. So when the one in front jumps off a cliff, all the others follow ‘Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep...
View ArticleYour Brain Peforms Better While It Slows Down
This verifies yoga meditation again. In scientific term, I’d like to call it biorhythm pacing ‘Best-selling author Steven Kotler recently visited Big Think to discuss the optimization of consciousness...
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