You have to keep two things in check, say experts By Jancee Dunn This weekend, my colleagues at The New York Times Magazine are publishing a special issue all about happiness: how to define it, ...

For some high school students, statistics and other data science courses have unseated calculus as the de facto option for pursuing advanced math, in part due to targeted state efforts to expand ...

New research reveals how fat-rich diets silence the brain’s reward for food—and how a single molecule may reignite the pleasure of eating. Study: Changes in neurotensin signalling drive hedonic ...

The term hedonistic sustainability doesn’t make immediate sense. Oxymoronic, mismatched and contradictory, it takes some time to get one’s head around. We all know that tackling climate change, for ...

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

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Abstract: In this paper we introduce an algorithm for affective reasoning based on Bent ham's Felific Calculus known also as the hedonic calculus. Knowledge recquired for the task is retrived from a ...

The fact that loans are easily available is one factor driving people to take them on. Even assuming that these loans are genuine zero interest loans, why do people still buy expensive phones on loans ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...

Fresh off writing about how the extensive Harvard study on human development shows us how we can invest in our personal happiness, I read a snippet in a much-anticipated new book that illuminates ...