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Cars Keep Crashing into Gelato Shop
A gelato shop in Washington, D.C. just can't catch a break. In the past two months, two cars have crashed into it. In January, an SUV crashed into ...
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How to Reframe Trials and Trauma
Maria Konnikova wrote a fascinating piece in The New Yorker on resilience. Resilience is hard to study because "[i]f you are lucky enough to never ...
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An Angry Mountain Lion Resists His Rescuers
When a wild mountain lion was found mistakenly caught in a bobcat trap in Utah, wildlife officials were faced with a tricky problem. Mountain lions are ...
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Tim Keller: Christ Took on Our Rejection
No greater pain has ever been experienced on any level than the hell of Christ suffering in this moment. But why? Because he carried all of that pain, ...
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How Clay Turns into Gems under Pressure
Geologist Dr. James Clark recounts visiting the Soviet Union a few years after Communism dissolved. He was asked to preach at a small Russian Baptist ...
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How Long Can We Endure in a Crisis?
How much can an adult endure? If you're ever stranded in the wilderness, are caught in a burning building, or find that your scuba tank has run out of ...
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Accident Victims Happier Than Lottery Winners
In 2010 The New Yorker magazine summarized the findings of an earlier study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The researchers ...
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Cheese Bonds
It's a tough financial market out there, especially for small European firms trying to raise capital. That's why Italian cheese-maker 4 Madonne ...
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Boston Marathon Bomb Victims Express Thanks
On April 15, 2013, one of the best-known sporting events in the world, the Boston Marathon, turned deadly when two homemade bombs planted close to the ...
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NYPD's Hostage Negotiator on Empathy
Lt. Jack Cambria has spent more than a decade talking people down from the ledge. Until his retirement in 2015, he was the commanding officer of the NYPD's ...
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