Many people would rather shock themselves than sit alone with their thoughts. Here’s why life starts to feel dull, and how ...

During a brutal winter expedition in Mongolia, I discovered a difficult truth about accountability that applies as much to ...

For example, if you’re extremely intolerant of repetition or want to do literally everything in your own bespoke way, those ...

A distraught friend told me, "I think all I have left is prayer." I thought about this, then decided to turn my photos into ...

Confidence is in the physiology. We often describe it intuitively as something we feel when we have it, yet we emphasize ...

The ability to select an environment online makes us think the problem is not in ourselves but in our neighbors.

Democracy and democratically-designed political systems are inherently messy and unpredictable. Expect both existential angst ...

You may have anxieties about donor conception, but they belong to you. Your child is a unique individual who needs parents ...

Halloween is an ancient holiday that focuses attention on our mortality. Humans have long used traditions, fantasy, and food ...

A new multi-omics study of wheel-running mice maps how endurance exercise reshapes 22 tissues, providing a baseline reference ...

Advocates of the free-range parenting approach believe it builds resilience and self-reliance in children. Experiencing a ...

This is not simply an ivory tower query but rather a real-world dilemma centering on the complex nature of human-animal ...