Happiness Makes You Smarter!
02:54pm MST, 21 Dec 2006
It's the essence of religious ecstacy and enlightenment. Chassidic Jews know it, Tibetan Buddhists know it,
and Anthony Robbins won't shut up about it, but the results are in: happy people are smarter and generally
more successful. And furthermore,
being around negative, angry people makes you less happy and possibly even less intelligent! A fabulous article by Kathy Sierra says that angry people
may be bad for your brain in more ways than one.
Self-Heating Food?
03:07pm MST, 13 Jul 2006
This is amazing... in technology, often the defense industry and more recently the gaming industry have pushed the limits. However here we see the kosher food industry pushing the envelope! Labriute produces packaged food with a built-in heater, apparently environmentally friendly, too. No need for a microwave or stove on the go. Insane. I'll bet the IT folks will be eating this up--why leave your desk to go to the microwave when you can heat your food as you program?
Shmuley Boteach is a rabbi and marriage counselor who has written a number of popular books, some with such provocative titles as Kosher Adultery and Hating Women: America’s Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex. Now he's on TV...
Many researchers believe that the more you use parts of the brain, the more effective they become. Here's one series of suggestions for training your brain to be smarter.
After Sharon?
10:36am MST, 20 Jan 2006
The Oxford University Press blog has an interesting question-and-answer discussion of what will happen in the Middle East now that Sharon is sure to be succeeded:
After Sharon.
Do You Really Hate Geography?
07:42am MST, 10 Jan 2006
I used to think I hated geography. But apparently I didn't.
There's no doubt that the ability to visualize effectively can be very helpful. Here a highly visual autistic scientist explores how visual thinking has affected her life and work.
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