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Cheating is rampant, in many areas of life. The recent university admissions scandal in the U.S. has highlighted just one dimension: scamming your way into school. Fifty people were charged in the case. It involved cheating on or falsifying SAT and ACT admission...

Emotions can be hard to communicate. The ability to do so is a key part of healthy personal and work relationships. And of our own health. An article in The Atlantic pointed to studies showing that when we express our emotions we can reduce stress, and even improve...

When you’re writing something, it’s easy enough to edit or delete, right? Not always. In 1991 a pair of tourists were hiking between mountain passes in the Ötzal Alps, on the Austrian-Italian border. They came across a body, and thought it to be a mountaineer who...

Ever doodle at work? Probably not like this pilot. In 2017, he took a new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner into the air for an 18-hour test flight. This was to check its endurance. Instead of taking a typical flight path, the Dreamliner pilot decided to make a distinct pattern...

In a recent basketball game, Vince Carter of the Atlanta Hawks went on a shooting streak. Some might say he was on fire. A fine figure of speech. Maybe that’s what the headline writer on the Fansided site had in mind in creating this banner: "Vince Carter was...

What words come to mind to describe the brands that really matter to you? There are lists of most trusted brands. Most admired. Most valuable. Most innovative. How about love and intimacy? Do you associate those sentiments with brands? They’re relevant too, and come...

I’m in the midst of binge-watching The Wire, an HBO show that I missed the first time around. There were 60 episodes across five seasons, spread over almost six years. I’ll cover it in six weeks I figure. That’s slow. Netflix says most viewers now finish a season of a...

Fifty years ago today, January 30, 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance. It happened on the roof of 3 Savile Row in London, headquarters for the band’s Apple Corps. The midday mini-concert (five songs with some re-takes, 42 minutes) took place during...

What do you think about eating with the phone? I mean literally. Not talking on your phone during a meal. Or messaging. Or thumbing through it. But actually using your device as a utensil. That’s the concept of a rather odd Kickstarter campaign. The product is a...

It’s normal to have bickering in households. Spouses and kids, in any combination, can squabble over just about anything. But you know what never gets into an argument in my home? My toaster and my microwave. Also, my washing machine and vacuum get along great. Never...