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Stressed? Work out anyway.

The science of learning is decades ahead of the education system. How can we bring education into the present?

Most of us have heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, but Maslow doesn’t have a monopoly on self-actualization.

Repeating lies makes people believe they are true, show studies.

Why would people rate certain names as being more extraverted or more agreeable?

Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.

An expert’s take on how to ace your exams through mindfulness.

By putting yourself out there and overcoming anxieties, you just might land your dream job.

When you combine feelings of resentment with the societal praise of leaving one’s mark, it forms a lethal cocktail.

Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.

Today, if a business wants to be successful, it should pay attention to employee fulfillment.

What makes a life worth living as you grow older?

From computer hacking to biohacking, Dave Asprey has embarked on a quest to reverse the aging process.

We think of self-actualization as a lofty goal, but research suggests it may just be another way of obeying our biological programming.

Check out these mysterious optical illusions that affect our visual perception.

Ever taken pleasure in someone else’s misfortune?

Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman hypothesizes we evolved to experience a collective delusion — not objective reality.

If ever there was a food that holds a lesson for building bridges in a fractured America, it’s the cabbage roll.

Suffering can buffer us, and make us more polished versions of ourselves — if we have the right attitude.

Light controls your body clock. Hack it to get better sleep.

Someday we’ll beam to the moon for afternoon tea, and be back in New York for dinner.

Want to learn better? Here’s a lesson from cognitive psychology.

Grief is real. Give it time.

Ask very silly questions to spur very serious innovation.

Want to be smarter than you were yesterday? Learn to have better conversations using these 3 design principles.

It’s a popular buzzword among the self-help community, but does trying to become self-actualized do any good?

Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.

LSD may help us change our lives by spurring perspective shifts.

Here’s what neuroscience and psychology have to say about how people humanize and dehumanize one another.

Soon we’ll be able to blink and instantly go online via computer chips attached to our eyes.