One of the best ways to boost your intelligence is with better sleep. Melatonin is definitely the best first-line treatment when you have trouble sleeping. But what if that…

The hard research on what makes couples happy… in cute infographic form. Summary: Have sex, be nice, hang out, laugh, don’t have kids.

Good news: Research shows that people go to great lengths reasoning about home computer security. Bad news: They spend their reasoning ability developing incorrect mental models that allow…

New research analysis underway by GCRI to create computer models of emerging global threats. Looking forward to this analysis. They’re doing signposting, bayesian trees, and other best practices…

Most people think bitcoins are anonymous. But actually, bitcoins are pretty much totally transparent. Maybe folks like GiveWell should push the most cost-effective charities to switch to full…

“… the medium [pizza] was more than twice as big as the small, and it cost only a little bit more. This sort of blew my mind.” Earlier that day……

$10,000 for the top essay submitted by April 18.

Researchers recently discovered the obvious: It’s harder for some people to lose weight than others because of their genes. Let’s go over the details and then dive into…

Want to go win some online philosophy debates with people who might actually to change their minds? Then check out “Big Questions Online”. It’s a series of essays…

Traditional holidays are about celebrating the past. But today is Future Day! Let’s celebrate and plan for an awesome future. What are you personally doing to steer the…

Most people don’t realize that Wikipedia is so good because it has a a legion of machine learning bots snuffing out bad content 24/7. I wonder if the…