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If addiction is like misguided love, then compassion is a far better approach than punishment. Source: Can You Get Over an Addiction? – The New York Times Maia Szalavitz poses addiction as a neuro-developmental learning disorder—one often developed...

‘Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power’ by Dan Hurley (Hudson Street Press; December 26, 2013) Table of Contents: i. Introduction/Synopsis PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENCE, AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW SCIENCE OF BUILDING...

Executive summary Attorneys general (AGs) in more than a dozen U.S. states are using new local and state laws to protect minors from the e-cig industry. These actions seek to curb advertising that could appeal to youth, ensure child-proof product packaging...

Hilariously, the Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Fox News and even the Associated Press often get their science talking points from convicted felons, fraudsters and hucksters who claim to have a monopoly on “science.” In one of the most laughable examples...

Imagine a universe in which 1 million human beings have constructed a high-tech civilization on Mars and are living out their lives on the Red Planet, ~225 million kilometers from Earth. If Elon Musk’s dream comes true, this will be our universe within...