Author: Nigel Taylor

10 Fresh Ways to Be More Creative Right Now

10 Fresh Ways to Be More Creative Right Now

Imagine someone waved a magic wand and suddenly you were twice as creative. You would be better able to find new ways to deal with problems, situations and people. Ultimately, the ability to generate better…

The end of rising living standards?

The end of rising living standards?

Half of the respondents expect the next generation to be more environmentally conscious and lead a greener lifestyle. A slim majority also expects the next generation to be more ethnically and racially diverse—a reasonable assumption…

Physics for Bird Brains

Physics for Bird Brains

But the authors have saved the best—if admittedly the most speculative—idea for (nearly) last: that quantum procedures help explain consciousness and the mechanics of thought, as surely as they do photosynthesis. Tracing the process of…

The moral imperative for bioethics

The moral imperative for bioethics

The human body is staggeringly complex, vulnerable to entropy, shaped by evolution for youthful vigor at the expense of longevity, and governed by intricate feedback loops which ensure that any intervention will be compensated for…

Big food wants you to believe these 7 products are healthy

Big food wants you to believe these 7 products are healthy

Advertisements for nutritional and protein snack bars invariably display sexy women in tight-fitting exercise clothes or muscular men with bulging, well-defined abs. Who wouldn’t want to join that club? Marketed as a smart and healthy…