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How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it
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Jan 02, 2024
Motivation is complicated. Psychologists define motivation as the desire or impetus to initiate and maintain a particular behavior. But sometimes, no matter how passionate you are about .. show full overview
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The history of poker: Bluffing, betting, and busting - James McManus
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Jan 04, 2024
From its earliest incarnations, poker has always been a contest of guile, guts, and gambling. The game first emerged around 1800 in the melting pot of New Orleans, and soon spread up the .. show full overview
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The complicated sex lives of pandas - Lucy Cooke
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Jan 09, 2024
In the 1930’s, a grand panda drama unfolded at the Chicago Zoo. Zookeepers procured a female panda named Mei Mei, and they were determined to find her a mate. They found a prospective .. show full overview
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Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans
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Jan 11, 2024
Rice contributes over 20% of the calories consumed by humans each year. Korean bibimbap, Nigerian jollof, Indian biryani, Spanish paella, and countless other culinary masterpieces all .. show full overview
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How much would it cost to buy the ocean? - Astrid J. Hsu
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Jan 16, 2024
Surveying his vast domain, Poseidon considers retirement. What if someone else donned the coral crown so he could spend his immortality harmonizing with whales and cozying up to .. show full overview
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History vs. Egypt’s "most powerful" pharaoh - Jessica Tomkins
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Jan 18, 2024
Pharaoh Ramesses II reigned for almost 70 years in the 13th century BCE. He presided over a golden age of Egyptian prosperity, power, and wealth. But was he a model leader or a shameless .. show full overview
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How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood
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Jan 23, 2024
The question of whether or not humans are inherently selfish is one of philosophy’s oldest debates. The idea that we only act out of self-interest is an extreme stance that few .. show full overview
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Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero
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Jan 25, 2024
You might not guess it, but Alcon blue butterflies are just one of over 200 parasitic butterfly species, all of which target ants. And their offspring live highly unusual lives, tricking .. show full overview
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The real reason dodo birds went extinct - Leon Claessens
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Jan 30, 2024
Dodos are commonly considered brainless, blundering birds that were poorly adapted and doomed to die off, making their human-mediated extinction effortless and inevitable. But that’s not .. show full overview
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How does alcohol cause blackouts? - Shannon Odell
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Fev 01, 2024
Alcohol has been shown to have strange and selective effects on the brain. Many intoxicated people can perform complex tasks like holding a detailed conversation or navigating a walk .. show full overview
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Why does this flower smell like a dead body? - Daniel Nickrent
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Fev 06, 2024
Deep inside the Sumatran rainforest, a carrion fly descends, guided by the scent of its favorite place to lay eggs: rotting animal carcasses. But when it lands, it isn’t on liquifying .. show full overview
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Is Chandigarh a perfectly planned city? - Vikramāditya Prakāsh
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Fev 08, 2024
In 1947, India achieved independence from British rule — but this freedom came at a tremendous cost. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, was eager to usher his country .. show full overview
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The Fijian myth of the greedy god - Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak
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Fev 13, 2024
Long ago, the ancestral gods of Fiji settled on the Pacific archipelago. They eventually metamorphosed into various forms, with the god Dakuwaqa transforming into a shark. But he was .. show full overview
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Why can't you put metal in a microwave? - Aaron Slepkov
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Fev 15, 2024
In 1945, engineer Percy Spencer was standing near a RADAR device that produced high-intensity microwaves and noticed that his candy bar had melted. He then exposed popcorn kernels to the .. show full overview
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How the famous Three Sisters survived - Rebecca Webster
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Fev 20, 2024
Suffering illness and despair, Chief Handsome Lake prepared for death. Then, he had a vision. He was walking through a planted field and heard a woman call out. She told him that the .. show full overview
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The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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Fev 22, 2024
In 1624, Mughal Emperor Jahangir received word of yet another defeat at the hands of his greatest enemy: Malik Ambar. Jahangir was so obsessed with defeating his rival, he commissioned a .. show full overview
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Can you solve the wizard tournament riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
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Fev 27, 2024
Today is the annual wizard tournament featuring competitors from three schools, and you’re in charge. The wizards have entered the maze and compete in your chosen events in utmost .. show full overview
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These 70 writers are actually all the same person - Ilan Stavans
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Fev 29, 2024
On November 30th, 1935, dozens of writers passed away. They came from different backgrounds, espoused divergent beliefs, and wrote in a variety of styles. Yet almost 30,000 pages of .. show full overview
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How humanity got hooked on coffee - Jonathan Morris
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Mar 05, 2024
One day around 850 CE, a goatherd observed that his goats started acting abnormally after nibbling on some berries. The herder tried them himself, and soon enough, he was just as hyper. .. show full overview
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When is anger justified? A philosophical inquiry - Delaney Thull
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Mar 07, 2024
Anger is a complicated emotion. It can feel reasonable and righteous or impulsive and uncontrollable. Anger can be an important part of letting us know when something immoral is .. show full overview
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One of the world’s oldest condiments - Dan Kwartler
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Mar 12, 2024
In the mid-18th century, England was crazy for ketchup. The sauce was a staple, but this ketchup wasn’t the ubiquitous red goop you’re familiar with today. In fact, it was a sweet and .. show full overview
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Why was the Rosetta Stone so important? - Franziska Naether
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Mar 14, 2024
For centuries, scholars puzzled over the hieroglyphs they found carved onto ancient Egyptian ruins, tablets, and papyri. But in 1799, a unique discovery would finally help unlock their .. show full overview
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What causes addiction, and why is it so hard to treat? - Judy Grisel
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Mar 19, 2024
As of 2021, more than 36 million people were estimated to be experiencing substance use disorder. This condition spans a spectrum of patterned drug use that causes issues in a person’s .. show full overview
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The underground cities of the Byzantine Empire - Veronica Kalas
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Mar 21, 2024
The breathtaking geological formations of Cappadocia are one of the most astonishing landscapes on Earth. Also known as “fairy chimneys,” this impressive terrain hides an equally .. show full overview
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The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge - Iseult Gillespie
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Mar 26, 2024
Mestra, princess of Thessaly, was far from home. She had watched her father, King Erysichthon, plunge into a ruin of his own making. Now, to save himself, he’d sold his own daughter to .. show full overview
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What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell
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Mar 28, 2024
While we’re already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges that would help thwart .. show full overview
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What is earwax — and should you get rid of it? - Henry C. Ou
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Abr 02, 2024
Grooming paraphernalia has been found in numerous archeological sites, many of which have included earwax removal tools. And earwax evacuation remains a popular hygienic habit today. .. show full overview
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This person isn't actually screaming - Noah Charney
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Abr 04, 2024
An undulating sky melds into the landscape, two silhouettes move along a balustraded walkway, and a ghostly figure’s features extend in agony. Since Norwegian artist Edvard Munch created .. show full overview
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The true story behind the legend of the 47 Rōnin - Adam Clulow
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Abr 09, 2024
Asano Naganori, lord of Akō domain, fixed his gaze on Kira Yoshinaka, a senior master of ceremony. Asano extended his short sword, charged through the castle, and struck Kira. While the .. show full overview
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How to prevent political corruption - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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Abr 11, 2024
Corruption is often defined as misuse of a position of power for personal gain. And while corruption in politics is nothing new, it isn’t limited to the political sphere; it can happen .. show full overview
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The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim
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Abr 16, 2024
In May of 1945 the Third Reich was in chaos. Adolf Hitler was dead and German surrender was imminent. But while World War II was almost over, a new war was brewing. And the US was eager .. show full overview
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Picture a perfect society. What does it look like? - Joseph Lacey
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Abr 18, 2024
A group of strangers have gathered to design a just society. To ensure none of them rig the system, they’ve been placed under a veil of ignorance. Under this veil, they’re blind to .. show full overview
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Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek
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Abr 23, 2024
A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite number of boxes. She then recombines the parts into five precise sections. Moving and .. show full overview
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The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city - Geoffrey E. Braswell
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Abr 25, 2024
During the 8th century CE, warfare and failing agriculture forced Maya people to move north, to hotter, drier Yucatán. Because of its freshwater access, Chichen Itza became the most .. show full overview
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How do gas masks actually work? - George Zaidan
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Abr 30, 2024
You might think of gas masks as clunky military-looking devices. But in the near future, we may need to rely on these filters as part of our everyday lives. In addition to emerging .. show full overview
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How to increase your happiness
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Mai 02, 2024
Many people would say the connection between happiness and gratefulness is very simple: when you are happy, you are grateful. But think again. Is it really the happy people that are .. show full overview
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If you're an adult mayfly you'll probably die before the end of this video - Luke M. Jacobus
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Mai 07, 2024
For most of the world’s 4,000 mayfly species, adulthood lasts roughly one day. And for some species, it’s only a matter of minutes. This isn’t because they’re all eaten up by predators. .. show full overview
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How could so many people support Hitler? - Joseph Lacey
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Mai 09, 2024
Philosopher Hannah Arendt was a German Jew who dedicated herself to understanding how the Nazi regime came to power, and more specifically, how it inspired so many atrocities. She .. show full overview
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Scientists are obsessed with this lake - Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi
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Mai 14, 2024
In the millions of years since oxygen began saturating Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, most organisms have evolved to rely on this gas. However, there are some places where oxygen-averse .. show full overview
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What happened when these 6 dictators took over - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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Mai 16, 2024
Under certain conditions, the idea of a dictator can sound appealing, like when a democracy isn’t functioning as it should due to corruption or political polarization. People may believe .. show full overview
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Would you use a machine that predicts your future? - Thomas Hofweber
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Mai 21, 2024
A couple has been considering getting engaged, but they’re worried about divorce statistics. An AI-based model was just released that can predict your likelihood of divorce with 95% .. show full overview
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Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme? - Arika Okrent
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Mai 23, 2024
Spelling reformers have been advocating for changes to make English spelling more intuitive and less irregular. One example of its messiness: take the “g-h” sound from “enough,” the “o” .. show full overview
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The tech that seems to break the laws of physics - Anna Rothschild
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Mai 28, 2024
Typically, with any piece of technology, you pump one unit of energy in and you get about one out. That’s just the first law of thermodynamics: energy has to be conserved. But there’s a .. show full overview
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How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? - Vivian Jiang
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Mai 30, 2024
Ice cream has a unique role in our world’s history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to the first century, in civilizations including ancient Rome, .. show full overview

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