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The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.
Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn’t a good thing — it’s a denial of opportunity.
“All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.”
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?
The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.
Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.
There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
Assume we can make new thylacines, mammoths, diprotodons, or sabre-tooth cats. Great. Now where do we put them?
Britain is profiling the genes, health and lifestyles of its citizens and handing the results to scientists across the world.
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Chloé Valdary — founder of Theory of Enchantment — explores two essential practices for generating the team “magic” that drove Apple under Steve Jobs.
Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.
Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope’s early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.
Dispatches host Kmele Foster is on a journey to understand humanity’s role in the cosmos. His first stop? The Atacama Plateau in Northern Chile, home to the darkest deserts and largest telescopes on earth.
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Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
Better cognitive control over our decisions can stave off disappointment in our actions.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in “Elden Ring” and beyond.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life’s biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
How could we fight Alzheimer’s with the body’s own immunity?
While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.