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How to define a word that's so slippery yet so engrained in everyday use? It's a tricky task, but moore offers the four main characteristics of fabulousness: It doesn't have to be expensive;…
A study of 234 performing-arts professionals found those who experienced intense childhood trauma"about 18 percent of the participants"reported higher levels of anxiety and internalized sham…
"One thread to keep in mind again is songwriters used to be able to rely on a steady stream of sheet music sales, and then it was album sales, and then it was download sales. As those have d…
In partnership with the non-profit Social Science Research Council, Facebook's social-science program will put out a call for university scientists to apply for grants to stud…
In Sign Gene, the first feature by deaf filmmaker Emilio Insolera, "the plot centers on an international band of deaf people, who, thanks to a genetic mutation, can channel superpowers throu…
"Approximately the same amount of hardcovers are being sold today as they were in past years," writes a research team led by Albert-László Barbási. "The increasing availability o…
If you want to avoid crashing and burning because of overconfidence, find a group of women classmates, and start collaborating. When it comes to studying biology, it's not so much the frog y…
"Virtual reality confounds the idea of the 'mind-body problem,' the relationship between the conscious mind and physical body that's remained a staple of the philosophy of mind since Aristot…
To assess their creativity, all students performed a series of problems from the Alternative Uses Task, a common measure of creative ability in which one is asked to come up with novel us…
Researchers followed 147 Dutch schoolchildren"half of whom took supplemental music-education classes, along with their regular curriculum"for two-plus years, beginning at age six. "Children …
Taste buds are actually a collection of roughly 50 to 100 cells that come in three varieties, (each responsible for detecting different tastes"salty, sweet, bitter, umami, and sour) and have…
It looks like we owe Yoko an apology. New research finds rock bands have more critical and commercial success if they contain a mix of married and single musicians.
Pinker is an evangelist for Enlightenment values, arguing that the philosophers of that era laid the groundwork for the scientific and social breakthroughs that have lifted millions out of p…
"We see quite clearly that students' personalities change when they go to university," Sonja Kassenboehmer of Monash University, the paper's lead author, said in announcing the finding…
"Many a scholar will have a hard time admitting this point, but, beyond the academy, there's not a single skill set that would be enhanced by reading Virgil. A mechanic or surgeon who reads …
President Michael Higgins began calling for philosophy to be introduced to secondary schools a few years ago, citing the need for more critical thinking. Temple Carrig began piloting the fir…
As producers realize there is both aptitude among these performers and dollars to be spent, performers and audience members with disabilities have seen a small growth of increased accessibil…
