Denmark’s 10 Jante Laws are grim, and yet they bring so much happiness.
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Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
When we prepare for our plans to go wrong, we build the foundations for lasting profit.
A study finds that sex is “moderate intensity physical activity,” similar to light jogging or leisurely swimming.
If you want a medication to kick in faster, lean right.
If you look into a mirror, you’ll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn’t what you think.
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
The length of a day oscillates slightly every six years. This was a surprising discovery made last decade. We might now know why.
Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.
“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
How much can something change and still be the same thing?
Pugs are funny and cute, but that is because we have bred them intentionally to have debilitating genetic mutations. Is that ethical?
The A.I. system could improve the lives of commercially raised pigs.
Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.
With crisis management training, organizations can develop the agility to recover from crises with as little disruption as possible.
The clash of academic archaeology and what might be called folk archaeology comes into stark focus at Stonehenge.
Einstein’s most famous equation is E = mc², which describes the rest mass energy inherent to particles. But motion matters for energy, too.
Just as there are many types of believers, there’s not only one type of atheist.
Traditionally, the long history of Japanese thought has not been viewed as “philosophy” — even by Japanese scholars. It’s time for a rethink.
If you want to share the truths about our Universe with others, don’t fall into the trap of arguing with a misinformer. Do this instead.
Regardless of political ideology, one of the few things that many people seem to have in common is a moral hypocrisy that arises from a fundamental lack of self-reflection.
Today’s careers don’t offer a clear path forward, but the rewards can be worth more than a gold watch at retirement.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
And why you, a non-expert, should absolutely not consider “explaining what you know” to an actual expert in the field.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.