In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from ...

Why has the ‘learning styles’ theory persisted without any evidence? And what do we actually know about how we learn?

Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity ...

has spent more than 20 years as a journalist, writing primarily about sexuality. Now in her mid-40s, a member of the sandwich ...

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At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it ...

But his most memorable job remains making bread with those labeled unfit to live in society. At 5 am, a correction officer ...

In Metamorphoses, the ancient Roman poet Ovid describes the Thespian hunter Narcissus, whose own beautiful reflection in a pool captivated him in place until he died. This warning against vanity and ...

These are not the kind of events that disrupt the course of your life. But they are all annoying, and sometimes bothersome enough that they could set the tone for the rest of your day. Annoying ...

Studies of longterm friends offer surprising insights as to whether friends who are more or less alike tend to endure Bring to mind the friendships in your life: what do you think makes some of them ...

How does memory transform far away from home? A Sudanese artist uses a surreal lens to capture his longing and nostalgia ...

Worry is one of the most common ways that anxiety shows up in life. It fills our minds with nerve-wracking thoughts about the future. What if I forget what to say during my speech? How will I make ...