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Essential reading: nine experts on the books that inspired them

08-01-2017 11:00

From film to philosophy, from music to history and economics, masters of their crafts pick the five books they could not live withoutAuthor Alain de Botton is known for applying philosophical concepts to everyday life; his books include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004) and The Architecture of Happiness (2006). In 2008 he co-founded The School of Life, an innovative school with a focus on emotional intelligence.For Proust the meaning of life turns out to be located no

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Simply observing fear in others changes brain connectivity

08-01-2017 09:00

Individuals who observe someone else experiencing trauma can develop PTSD. New research examines changes in the brain that may underpin this phenomenon.

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The things we can really learn from books

08-01-2017 07:00

Asking someone what they are reading is like saying, ‘Who are you and who are you becoming?’I believe that everything you need to know you can find in a book. People have always received life-guiding wisdom from certain types of non-fiction, often from “self-help” books. But I have found that all sorts of books can carry this kind of wisdom. A random sentence in a thriller will give me unexpected insight. If I hadn’t read Killing Floor, the masterful 1997 novel that

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Do big eyes mean big brains? Quiz | Ben Ambridge

08-01-2017 07:00

They say our eyes are the windows to our souls, but what do they tell us about our intelligence? Measure your pupils to see if you are a star pupil…What do the size of your pupils say about your intelligence? Rather a lot, according to a study from last year at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Try this simple experiment and find out. Find a room that is well-lit, but not overly bright, and don’t think about anything in particular. To recreate the conditions of the study as accur

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Sleep technology is flooding the market

08-01-2017 04:36 via pbs.org

What should be done with all the data gathered by the new sleep products?

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