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A classic riddle about a hotel bill uses misleading math to create a paradox. This type of intentional misdirection is a ...

We talk about “changing minds” or “losing our mind” as if the mind is separate from the brain. But is it? Where does the mind come from, and how does it actually work? When you try to describe the ...

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." William Butler Yeats wrote those words about Europe after the Great War, but they ring with terrible clarity this week ...

People who score higher on certain psychopathic traits may actually have a sharper understanding of other people’s thoughts ...

When my daughter was about a year old, she was getting ready to take her first steps. We had some friends from out of town driving through our area, and we decided to meet up at a nearby train-themed ...

One hundred years ago, Virginia Woolf wondered why, “considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings,” it had not “taken its place with love, battle, and jealousy ...

"Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville, John Grisham’s “A Time to Kill” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll may not seem to have much in common, but they can all be found on the reading ...

SAN ANTONIO — As Victor Wembanyama swatted away another one of his shots, something dawned on Julian Champagnie. The Spurs wing just watched his teammates take turns trying to score on their star ...

Ewan has been a content writer since 2020, and loves nothing more than discussing all things gaming. While he's been playing games all his life, he has a particular interesting in anything even ...