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The Secret to Life is the Right Tool
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
More than ten years ago I took part in an Outward Bound trip, white water rafting in Colorado and Utah. For a city-bred non-swimmer, this
Bringing Funky Back
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
I tend to follow tennis only when the big tournaments are going on, so the name Alexandr Dolgopolov was an unfamiliar one to me. He’s
Shocking Insights
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
Research subjects who received electrical stimulation in the anterior temporal lobes of the brain were three times as likely to come up with the fresh
Consider Google
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
When Google announced that CEO Eric Schmidt was being replaced by one of its co-founders, Larry Page, who had himself been replaced by the Schmidt
Don’t Get Boxed In
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
When I was a kid, I loved to play in boxes. There was nothing I couldn’t do—run a store, fly a plane, have a tree
Smart Groups & Women
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
Want to make a group smarter? Add women. You knew that already? Well, now you have proof. A recent study in the journal Science found
Are You Afraid of Performance Reviews?
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
What would you do to avoid performance reviews? According to the New York Post, an untenured Brooklyn high school teacher threw herself down a stairwell
Are You Rested and Dangerous?
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around
By Barbara Kurka When Rafael Nadal was preparing for his eventual wins in the French Open and at Wimbledon, a columnist noted that while his
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