Maggie Gallagher Meets St. Peter

Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

At the University of Michigan, a study found that people learned significantly better after a walk in nature than after a walk in a dense urban environment, suggesting that processing a barrage of information leaves people fatigued.

Meditation For A Stronger Brain

For the rest of the hour, take a deep, cleansing breath for a look at the science of meditation, because this week, researchers say a certain form of meditation can actually change the wiring in your brain. Students who practice the meditation for just 11 hours over a period of a few weeks had changes in brain connectivity that could be seen on a brain scan. The work was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

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Inside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

These days the former Microsoft boss Bill Gates devotes his time to running what has arguably become the most powerful charitable organisation in the world. Is this the future of giving - and, if so, is that a good thing?

Habits of Happiness

Just give money to the poor

Book launch

BREAKING: Google goes "evil"

I just got off a media conference call with Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.

They announced a new policy recommendation that would kill the Internet as we know it, if implemented by FCC Chair Julius Genokowski and other policy makers.

Sign the Emergency Petition to Google: Don't be evil - stand up for the free and open Internet

See, sanity isn't that hard

Wallace admits that 'activist judges' = 'judges decide something you don't like".

But Will It Make You Happy?

How to buy yourself happiness

complexity theory and a child's party