Tuesday, September 28, 2010

How to be happy (but not too much) - life - 28 September 2010 - New Scientist

How to be happy (but not too much) - life - 28 September 2010 - New Scientist It's good for your health, it makes you smarter – and our brains are hard-wired for it. New Scientist counts our reasons to be cheerful. Once life's basics are paid for, the power of money to bring happiness is limited. In fact, it can be positively harmful to our sense of well-being.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Hawking hasn't changed his mind about God - opinion - 02 September 2010 - New Scientist

Hawking hasn't changed his mind about God - opinion - 02 September 2010 - New Scientist: "Hawking's position on religion has remained unchanged since he wrote his bestseller, A Brief History of Time. At the end of that book he famously used God as a metaphor for the laws of nature: 'If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of reason – for then we should know the mind of God.'"