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Researchers examine newly released photos of Einstein’s brain to understand what physical features might have been behind his genius. 

After Einstein’s death, pathologist Thomas Harvey removed his brain, preserved it in formalin, and took dozens of black-and-white photos of it before cutting it up into 240 blocks. He then took tissue samples from each block, mounted them onto microscope slides, and distributed the slides to some of the world’s best neuropathologists.

And still, as Einstein himself might have agreed, there’s more to “Truth and Beauty” than biology and wiring. 

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As Einstein believed, there’s more to “Truth and Beauty” than biology and wiring.

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Rubik’s Cube for the blind

Some of us that can see might actually be able to conquer this Rubix Cube… Because it’s all one color. This great design concept reminds us to never take for granted your sense of sight.

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Study of the Day: Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking

The next time you’re stumped on a creative challenge, head to a bustling coffee shop, not the library. As the researchers write in their paper, “[I]nstead of burying oneself in a quiet room trying to figure out a solution, walking out of one’s comfort zone and getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas.”

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Why we work out of coffee shops.

Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking, says recent study.

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