The Atlantic

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Sometimes people ask me why time seems to move faster as we age. Recently the question has morphed into something closer to: Is there any way to harness this effect to make certain periods of time move more quickly? As in, for example, the next four

Nautilus

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Runners can tell you that sometimes the last mile of a run seems to feel dramatically longer than the first. This perceptual distortion isn’t limited to brains addled by exercise—it’s a consistent feature of our minds.   When we look at the world, it

Women's Running

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A recent study in The Frontiers in Psychology has confirmed what the dedicated runner-audiophile already knows: Fastpaced music makes working out easier. Well, at least it seems easier. The researchers evaluated high-intensity exercise and endurance

American Survival Guide

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Preppers are always processing a lot of information; probably much more than the average person and non-prepper. We’ve been trained, or trained ourselves, to glean as much useful data as possible from our environment. Not surprisingly, that data can

Money Magazine

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There is an old saying in the music business: “You can make a killing, you just can’t make a living.” This could be said of many perceived “glamour” industries, but exploring the psychological drivers behind why so many people in these industries get

The Atlantic

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On a normal day, the White House is one of the safest buildings in the world. Secret Service snipers stand guard on the roof, their aim tested monthly to ensure their accuracy up to 1,000 feet. Their heavily armed colleagues patrol the ground below a

The Atlantic

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Sheltering children from physical contact deprives educators of an important instructional tool and students of an essential learning experience.

PEARL

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Is it something that has been totally lost in the haste of modern life, this endearing art of listening? Do all the things we intend to deal with really make us so ‘time poor’ that we can no longer simply listen? Everywhere we hear speakers who make

Golf Tips

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to the time of Sir Isaac Newton, to be precise. And it’s not that what he had to say was wrong or inaccurate—it was the best information we had at the time—but it did set up a universal belief about perceiving reality and the world around us that has

Tes

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Whichever way you look at it (and a lot of research has looked at it in the past year), it appears the blunt instrument of improved evidence-based teaching has somehow not fulfilled its promise to close the disadvantage gap. Are we surprised? We shou

Motorcycle Mojo Magazine

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When you really think about it, what is the biggest cause of fear when riding? Fear is an unpleasant and usually strong emotion based on the anticipation of danger. Our bodies react automatically to this perception of danger and try to protect us, bu

New Philosopher

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“I am, as a sensing subject, full of natural powers of which I am the first to be filled with wonder. Thus I am not, to recall Hegel’s phrase, a ‘hole in being,’ but rather a hollow, or a fold that was made and that can be unmade.” “I live in the fa

Ceramics: Art and Perception

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It is 8 am and as you turn from the main road into Tudor Lane, it feels as though it has already been busy for hours. The run of small independent businesses are open for trade; the sound of air-tools and revving engines from the local garage filter

The Atlantic

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Photographs by Yen Duong The year 2020 has given more to the authors of history textbooks than it has to the writers of diaries. Decades from now, scholars will have a wealth of material for their accounts of this pivotal time, but when the people wh

Stereophile

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THERE ARE AS MANY OPINIONS AS THERE ARE EXPERTS THIS ISSUE: Pro audio is coming around to what audiophiles have known for years. Subjectivist audiophiles have long maintained that long-term listening is necessary to assess the quality and character o

Futurity

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Our ability to pinpoint the exact location and size of things varies from one person to the next, and even within our own individual field of vision, according to a new study. “We assume our perception is a perfect reflection of the physical world ar

Futurity

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People cannot see the world objectively, researchers say. With a novel series of experiments using sophisticated computer graphics and laser-cut “coins,” the researchers found that it’s almost impossible for people to separate an object’s true identi

Futurity

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When “the dress” went viral in 2015, millions split over its true colors: gold and white or black and blue. Neuroscientist Pascal Wallisch concludes that these differences in perception come from our assumptions about its illumination. Those who thou

Los Angeles Times

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I heard "yanny." This is, I know now, objectively wrong. In 2007, actor Jay Aubrey Jones was recorded pronouncing the word "laurel" for vocabulary.com. Earlier this month, a high school student in Georgia named Katie Hetzel played that audio clip, bu

Australian Men's Fitness

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The internet has changed a lot – online dating means you don’t have to leave your house to meet someone; telecommuting lets you work all day in your PJs; Instagram has given skinny yogis on juice cleanses a whole new way to annoy people. But it turns

Architectural Digest India

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From the beginning of glassmaking, circa BC 2500, through the practice’s prevalence in major civilizations in Egypt and Rome, artisans have focused on three aspects that have made the material desirable—clarity, form and design. For her design, title

Tatler Homes Singapore

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I often say that lighting is like fairy dust—sprinkle it right and you can create magic. The aim is not to have someone walk into an abode and think that the lighting is great. In fact, if this is the case, then we haven’t done our job well at all; i

Futurity

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New research may explain why some people—like sports stars—anticipate and react to fast-moving objects much quicker than others. When Serena Williams returns a lightning-quick tennis serve—most of us marvel at her skill and speed. Considering what th

VOGUE India

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It’s been nearly 25 years since the Lady Dior design launched. However, it got its moniker much later, thanks to Princess Diana’s continued patronage. The bag, known for its cannage motif (inspired by the Napoleon III chairs Monsieur Dior would use t

PEARL

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The knowledge of the lawfulness anchored in the entire Cosmos helps us to understand why we ourselves are responsible for whatever lies ahead in the course of our lives. But what is the situation with matters that occurred at the very beginning of ou

Tes

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And so, after all that, the new academic year is here. Students, teachers and leaders are slowly starting to return to the “new normal” armed with hand sanitiser, masks, visors and a mix of trepidation and hope. As much as we are all unsure of what i

Architectural Digest India

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Jean-François Lesage (JFL): I enjoyed the way we worked together. The tone of the voyage was set very quickly. Niels was clear from the beginning that we should speak a sensual language but using clear words so that people don’t lose themselves and i

Futurity

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Lower pitches in voices or music in advertisements lead consumers to infer a larger product size, according to a new study. Sound is a fundamental element of nearly all marketing communications, from commercials to spokespeople and sales associates,

Hi Fi News

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Thanks for a great magazine, which I have been reading without a break since the mid ’70s. I still look forward to each new issue. With all due respect to the excellent Jim Lesurf, could I highlight a couple of small errors in the caption below the p

NPR

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The meaning of a place can change based on tiny shifts in perspective, by returning to a location after time away or by digging into the dirt underfoot. Can music bring these layers together?