There are smart people out there who are studying the art of happiness. Authentic Happiness is the homepage of Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of positive psychology, a branch of psychology which focuses on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based [...]
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Maybe You Can Teach Yourself Some Techniques That Will Help You Feel Better More Often
Posted in Web Sites, tagged happiness, research on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Smart People Are Working Behind the Scenes to Save the Lives of People They Don’t Know
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged cancer, healing, research on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Researchers have devised a protein “switch” that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. The researchers, led by Marc Ostermeier, a Johns Hopkins chemical and biomolecular engineering professor in the Whiting School of Engineering, showed that these switches, working from inside the cells, can activate a powerful cell-killing drug when the device detects [...]
Smart People Are Conspiring Behind the Scenes to Enhance Life on This Planet
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged research, science on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
21 Scientific Research Projects That Could Change the World Every year, governments and other institutions give scientists grants to continue valuable research in their fields. In the fall, we’ll see thousands of such research projects get started — projects that will cure disease, improve agriculture, create more efficient energy, and take us into space — [...]
Disease Fighters Get More Resources
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged cancer, philanthropy, research, venture capital on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lots more funding for young scientists exploring radical new directions in cancer research. The “war on cancer” has been going on for decades, yet victory is still nowhere in sight. Andy Rachleff, a venture capitalist turned philanthropist, is trying to speed things up by funding research by young scientists with new ideas.
Plants Are Smart
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged plants, research on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“New research opens a window on the minds of plants”
