communication
A new AI-produced commercial from Lexus shows how AI might be particularly suited for the advertising industry.
Comedy, A.I.-style. Our roving reporter, Evan Fleischer, went into The Laughing Room and here's what happened
A guide to making difficult conversations possible—and peaceful—in an increasingly polarized nation.
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Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.
The ability to speak clearly, succinctly, and powerfully is easier than you think
How poor work practices turn us all into remote workers.
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Researchers discover a link between nonverbal synchronization and relationship success.
Want to empower social change? Break bread, literally, with the so-called enemy.
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Using terrifying language when talking about climate change may be scaring people into inaction.
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Unlikely allies can solve society's most complex problems.
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Whether keto or vegan, finding love on restrictive diets is no easy task.
The 71-year-old author suggests replacing the adjective "amazing" with something more "pungent & specific".
A new study suggests that we all underestimate how much people like us after a first meeting.
If you want to be a better and more passionate communicator, these tips are important.
Want a happy, satisfying relationship? Psychologists say the best way is to learn to take a joke.
A new survey asks Europeans and Americans to share their imaginary lives.
A cheat sheet containing what really works.
Research says we overestimate the risk of truthtelling.
Sticklers, pedants, and English teachers love to correct your grammar, but they can put their red pens down when it comes to these six folk errors.
If you want to avoid conversation dead ends, remember to "turn" the conversation more than you "take it," says entrepreneur and author Andrew Horn.
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Think getting along with people that are nothing like you is hard? Here’s how astronauts do it, 254 miles above Earth on the ISS.
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It seems intuitive that the best way to interpret how others are feeling would be to both see and hear how they’re behaving. However, a new study suggests that’s dead wrong.
Before you follow another "tip" or "trick," there's something Alan Alda wants you to know.
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"We don't notice one another nearly as much as we think we do," says Alan Alda. Here's how the actor inspired a scientific study on empathy.
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Once we discover alien life out there, humanity will never be the same.
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A study analyzes the relationship between how fast people speak and how much information they actually relate.
How are we supposed to communicate about science in an age when political partisanship and media hype dominate the 24/7 news cycle?