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Psychologists have identified an important trait that could be shared by truly humble people – something called ‘hypo-egoic nonentitlement’. That simply means that you don’t believe your positive qualities and life…

As long as humans have walked the Earth they have looked to the sky for signs of things to come. Ancient Assyrian sky gazers even carved their findings on tablets…

Yoga Journal describes Kundalini yoga as “An uplifting blend of spiritual and physical practices”, incorporating movement, dynamic breathing techniques, meditation and the chanting of mantras. What is Kundalini yoga good for? The purpose of the…

Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death, a spirit must first pass through the underworld — a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical…

Shamanism is described in Shamanism, Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy as a every ancient coherent system of esoteric beliefs and practices that attempt to organize and explain the interrelationship between the…

If you’re like most people, you at least occasionally deal with acne breakouts, skin dryness, redness and signs of uneven skin tone. If so, you probably wonder about possible underlying…

Are you being attacked by a bear? No. You’re just arguing with your uncle on Facebook. The comments fly fast and furious. In conflict situations, writes professional mediator Teresa Frisbie…

In September, Billy Foister, a 48-year-old Amazon warehouse worker, passed away after a heart attack at work. According to his brother, an Amazon human resources representative informed him at the…

The results of the study were made public by Healthy Babies Bright Futures, which conducted the report (pdf) in partnership with a number of groups such as the Learning Disabilities…

On the second Tuesday in June, I start to feel fluish. If this is 2016 and I’m still a freelance writer, I’m losing money immediately on the assignments I can’t…

Frode Hult, who works in the Water- and Sewer Agency in Oslo have been mocked in Norwegian social media after he said that people in Oslo should pee in the…

Record warm temperatures above Antarctica over the coming weeks are likely to bring above-average spring temperatures and below-average rainfall across large parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland. The…

Food for thought for the Climate ‘We Are All Going to Die’ Hysteria…. The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Here are the biggest…

Expectations is a word that changes as we change, and the secret to achieving your expectations, first and foremost, is to absorb this fact. You are not the person you…

lace yourself on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, near the Franz Josef Glacier. Officially, this forest is a temperate podocarp-hardwood rainforest, but these dry words…

Climate has inarguably become a hot topic of discussion in developed economies over the last decade, and it is getting hotter by the day as study after study warn we…

The nurses in the cancer ward where Hanna Marie Ihlebæk did her field work didn’t think to tell her that they used their sense of smell at work. Ihlebæk recognized…

Tens of thousands of people have received demands to repay alleged overpayments of government benefits – often decades old – plunging them into a Kafkaesque struggle against a faceless bureaucracy.…

Recently, a stalker found and attacked a Japanese pop star, in part by using an eye reflection to figure out what train station she uses. (He then waited for her…

Let’s consider the following scenario – the Earth is at risk for a disruptive event. This event has, conservatively, about a 0.2% chance of happening on any given year. But…

All around the world, from small-town Illinois in the US to Rochdale in England, from Perth, Australia, to Dumka in northern India, a revolution is under way in how governments…

Officials in the District of Columbia and other surrounding jurisdictions have passed legislation to erase Italian explorer Christopher Columbus from United States history and replace the day honoring his discovery…

Consciousness is both creator and creation, the knower and the known, the inside and outside of everything no matter from what angle you observe reality. It takes an entire book…

Our attention is the most powerful instrument we have: That’s why everybody wants it. That is why the Matrix does its best to distract it. Ring a Bell. Here. Clever.…

True forgiveness is one of the most powerful parts of the human experience. Yet it is neither simple nor easy. An evolutionary perspective on forgiveness suggests that the nature of…

Plastic production really began in earnest in the 1950s. It’s hard to remember, but we once got along without it. Of course, plastic offered great convenience, and its production skyrocketed. In 1967, when…

Pachacuti, an ancient Incan ruler, is said to have garnered much power due to a mysterious mirrored device that ancient astronaut theorists believe aliens may have given him access Pachacuti…

The search for alien life on the Red Planet has long been a priority of various space missions, but while it has not been discovered so far, one American engineer…

If meat is left out on the counter for too long, we all know we need to throw it out. But what about rice or pasta? Although that carby goodness…

When archeologists discovered mold formations in King Tut’s tomb, they worried the sweat and breath of tourists were the cause. A later study revealed something much more intriguing. Watch Video…

Dear Reader: I thought I would do a post in Danish, to honor the staying power of Danish, Swedish and Norwegian readers who visit this site. Translating to English via…