How to adjust your biological clock (and live longer)
“Time is money,” Benjamin Franklin taught in the 18th century. However, the rational use of time requires an understanding of human limits that seems to have been lost in this…
Continue reading“Time is money,” Benjamin Franklin taught in the 18th century. However, the rational use of time requires an understanding of human limits that seems to have been lost in this…
Continue readingFor centuries, thinkers and social scientists have sought to unravel the explanations for why some societies prosper while others lag behind. The book considered the cornerstone of economic science is…
Continue readingIn the modern world, we all have a huge tendency to become addicted, says American psychiatrist Anna Lembke, head of the chemical dependency clinic at Stanford University. A reality of…
Continue readingElon Musk was dissatisfied with his performance on his own social network. He called a meeting with the technical team and demanded an explanation for the drop in engagement on…
Continue readingJohn Stuart Mill was a man ahead of his time. Son of a well-connected intellectual, he received an experimental education where he learned Greek and Latin from an early age,…
Continue readingOn the night of November 9, 1972, Torquato Neto celebrated his 28th birthday. He said goodbye to his friends, went home, waited for his wife to fall asleep, and around…
Continue readingOn the morning of September 25, 1933, Austrian physicist Paul Ehrenfest entered the Pedagogical Institute for Afflicted Children of Professor Jan Waterink, shot his 15-year-old son Vassily in the head,…
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