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5 Science-Backed Habits to Boost Mental Health & Longevity

Today’s scientific studies are proving consistently that the mind and body are deeply interconnected. When the mind becomes too dull or depressed, the body will also respond negatively. Our immune system can become weaker and our overall health and longevity can also be badly affected. Therefore, it is extremely important…

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‘There is no shame in being vain’: the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards

Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, with more opting for cosmetic procedures than ever. What is behind this sudden and significant shift?

The Guardian - UK

More than a feeling – thinking about love as a virtue can change how we respond to hate

Love and hate seem like obvious opposites. Love, whether romantic or otherwise, involves a sense of warmth and affection for others. Hate involves feelings of disdain. Love builds up, whereas hate destroys.

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Why Aristotle would hate Valentine’s Day – and his five steps to love

Valentine’s Day is traditionally a time of heart-shaped balloons, overpriced roses and fully-booked restaurants. Couples kiss and hold hands, smiling selfies celebrate a day of public displays of devotion.

The Conversation

To cry or not to cry: how moving the audience to tears can backfire

“One must have a heart of stone not to read about the death of little Nell without laughing” was Oscar Wilde’s notorious response to the emotional onslaught of Charles Dickens’s 1841 novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Having watched two films in two weeks about the death of a child, it…

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4 Okinawa Longevity Secrets That Can Add Years to Your Life

The Japanese mainland, Okinawa is recognised as one amongst the “Blue Zones” of longevity. If you visit this region, you will be able to see much more older, happy individuals than youngsters. In fact, these people follow a number habits that ensure that they live long and fulfilling lives. By…

Times Life

3 stunning lunar craters to explore during the half-lit first quarter moon tonight

The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky.

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Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue

Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to have embraced a renewed interest in “warrior culture.”

The Conversation

Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality

If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for instance, envisages an unworldly political utopia. But in Politics, Aristotle investigates a comprehensive range of political forms and regimes, down to their unglamorous, operational details.

The Conversation

Bird sex fascinated medieval thinkers as much as people today

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several Australian birds, including wild magpies and kookaburras.

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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and color to find out what stars and planets are made of

Contemporary astrophysics has, of course, vindicated Fishacre's position

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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and colour to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth. In so doing he challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day and pre-empted the methods…

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How to discover a planet

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor and his PhD student Didier Queloz, working at the University of Geneva, announced they had detected a planet orbiting…

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PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct live coverage – all the reveals and trailers

Our archived feed from the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, with exclusive reveals and interviews from Tokyo Game Show.

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A singing axolotl and a magical bunny team up in Billie Bust Up, a retro platformer with rhythmic boss battles and witchy movement abilities

A 3D platformer that brings back the joy of those childhood classics.

The Independent UK

Researchers reveals how much money we need to be happy

Decades of international research have consistently shown that materialistic goals undermine wellbeing

The Conversation

How much money do you need to be happy? Here’s what the research says

Over the next decade, Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire. The Tesla board recently proposed a US$1 trillion (A$1.5 trillion) compensation plan, if Musk can meet a series of ambitious growth targets.

The Guardian - AU

Across cultures and centuries, Aristotle and Confucius agree: virtue is good in moderation

What would our philosophers and spiritual leaders have to say about ‘virtue signalling’? They might be in agreement

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As CEOs predict AI will rival humans in 5 years, Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky tells Gen Z to get off TikTok and study Greek philosophers to get ahead

The billionaire warns Gen Z doomscrolling on TikTok is setting them up for failure; instead, he suggests picking up the writings of Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle.

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Rowe obituary

Other lives: Linguist, translator and philosopher known for his work on Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

Evening Standard

The Zillennial micro-generation: Why 1993–1998 babies are the only normal Gen Zers

As Zillennials are named the luckiest generation, Maddy Mussen tells us why she couldn't agree more

The Conversation

Why leisure matters for a good life, according to Aristotle

In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an “achievement society” in which we must become “entrepreneurs” – branding and selling ourselves; there is no time off the clock.

The Conversation

Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT

In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze, evaluate and communicate information.

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Tyranny is an ever-present threat to civilisations. Here’s how Classical Greece and China dealt with it

We’re just a few months into US president Donald Trump’s second term but his rule has already been repeatedly compared to tyranny.

Reason

Justice Kagan Rejects "Combination Theory" Claims For Separation of Powers Cases

"A meritless public non-delegation challenge plus a meritless private nondelegation challenge cannot equal a meritorious 'combination' claim."

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