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Control. Without a sense of control, we feel less safe. With a sense of control – whether we actually have that control or not – we feel safer. A […]
“I prefer fiction because in fiction I do whatever I want,” says Chilean-American author Isabel Allende, who has published 18 books of fiction, non-fiction and memoirs over the past three […]
In writing, as in sports, “if you want to compete you have to train.”
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What the “Island Beneath the Sea” author’s desk looks like and why she starts each new novel on January 8th.
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Chronic irregular sleep in children was associated with psychotic experiences in adolescence, according to a recent study out of the University of Birmingham's School of Psychology.
The history of women being elected to offices of supreme power is short. Here are 10 women who have made the most of that time.
The latest "Superman" film sets Metropolis in the First State.
After the trauma of a high-risk medical procedure, Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives not in thought — but in presence.
A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts.
Hugo-winning author Ken Liu explores what early cinema and Chinese poetry can teach us about AI's potential as a new artistic medium.
From "The Castle of Otranto" to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.
Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.
A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus' claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.
"Painfully forced" is how one contemporary critic described Fitzgerald's writing style.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
Genetic analysis reveals that a specimen collected in 2019 is the same subspecies as one caught more than a century earlier.
Humans seemingly have opposing desires to fit in and to be unique. The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.
New research from the University of Granada found that stress could help determine sex.
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
The pieces don't represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.
A new study finds that some people just want privacy.
None of us know where this is heading, but we can still learn from the moment.