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YC Startup School for future founders who aren't quite ready to start yet
We launched Startup School as an online program in 2017 to support founders actively working on building their companies. On November 9th, we’re also opening Startup School to potential founders who are interested in starting a company in the future. You can register [https://www.startupschool.org/future-founders] for…
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Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age
MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by aging and in Huntington’s disease.
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Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method
Learn how the Zettelkasten works as a system, what a Zettel is made of, and how to grow an organic web of knowledge.
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Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition
Discover how Anki can enhance your memory and productivity in computer science and maths. Learn techniques from G-Research's expert insights.
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James Randi Has Died
We are very sad to say that James Randi passed away yesterday, due to age-related causes. He had an Amazing life. We will miss him. Please respect Deyvi Peña’s privacy during this...
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What Color Is This? Part 2
More info about the algorithms we use to detect our items' colors
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The Three Sides of Risk
I grew up ski racing in Lake Tahoe.
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Common Causes of Bad Decisions
Italian psychologist Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini was once asked why people keep making the same mistakes.
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Why I am building permapeople.org
Four years ago my grandfather gave me two potatoes. I had no idea what to do, so I put them in bought soil ...
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The internet needs our love
It’s noisy out there. We are inundated with sensational headlines every minute, of every day. You almost could make a full-time job of sorting the fun, i
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A Few Rules
The person who tells the most compelling story wins.
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Read Fewer Books
We publish articles around emotional education: calm, fulfilment, perspective and self-awareness. | How to Read Fewer Books — Read now
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Toddlers who use touchscreens show attention differences
New research from Dr Rachael Bedford as part of the TABLET project recruited 12-month-old infants who had different levels of touchscreen usage.
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Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public
Classes previously only available to Amazon employees will now be available to the community.
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Expiring vs. permanent skills
Robert Walter Weir was one of the most popular instructors at West Point in the mid-1800s.
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How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model
B J Fogg is a Stanford professor who came up with a simple model of behavior that helps us understand why we take action or not take action at any given moment.
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Frances Allen has died
The IBM Research blog is the home for stories told by the researchers, scientists, and engineers inventing What’s Next in science and technology.
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Glucosamine Supplementation Reduces All-Cause Mortality: Study
A recent analysis published in the journal BMJ showed that glucosamine supplementation conveys around a 15% reduction of all-cause mortality.
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Brown M&Ms, or Why No One Reads the Manual
One of our favorite anecdotes that illustrates just how hard it is to get people to read the docs comes from an unexpected source: Van Halen. The...
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Ozymandias
Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those…
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