Get Your Goals!

By Richard WisemanReadOasis Step 3 Note: the following is a text of a talk given by Richard Wiseman.  "I tracked the [...]

Practice Makes Genius

By D.S. Aims ReadOasis Step 4 Tiger Woods started playing golf when he was two years old. Tiger was a [...]

The Enemy is Fat

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) George arrives at work every day at nine in the morning. All day long, he sits [...]

The Storytelling Animal

Book Trailer by Jonathan Gottschall ReadOasis Step 5 Statisticians believe they could get a monkey to type Hamlet if they [...]

The Drama of Darwin (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 Annie Darwin was her father's joy, and she treated him with tender kindness. But in 1849 Annie [...]

Gregor Mendel: Father of Genetics

ReadOasis Step 3 A great tree comes from a small seed, and from small beginnings come great things. He made [...]

Violent Games and Young Minds

ReadOasis Step 3 Millions of gamers were waiting for the day. On November 10, 2009, the game "Call of Duty: [...]

Think Before You Drink

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) “Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!” The crowd of college students screamed at [...]

What Makes People Happy?

ReadOasis Step 2 Joy is late for work. She runs out the door in a hurry to catch the bus. [...]

Is Crying Good for You?

ReadOasis Step 2 Why do people cry? Maybe tears are good for us. Maybe they calm our minds and cleanse [...]