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Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.

How can “you” move on when the old “you” is gone?

Here’s the dark side of first contact.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.

He’s studied apes for 50 years – here’s what most people get wrong.

There is no such thing as a void in the Universe.

Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?

We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.

His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.

The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.

Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.

You’ve got to know when to fight and when to laugh.

“Lookism” is prevalent and harmful. So why do so few take it seriously?

Nothing meaningful is done quickly.

From Taoism to hedonism, philosophers have devised all sorts of ways to live your best life.

The outrage machine is fueled by toxicity. But there are practical steps that we can take to recapture control over our emotions.

What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?

Roosevelt had become president but not in the way he wanted. Still, he understood that he had been given the rare opportunity to make history.

What better explains the prevalence of heavy metal in Scandinavian countries: culture or economy?

Some would say AI is immortal and all-knowing — Godlike, even.

The infamous misogynist had some profound insights on romance.

A new technique for analyzing networks can tell who wields soft power.

“We suffer more often in the imagination than in reality.”

Many conversations start awkwardly and derail from there, but a few simple techniques can put them back on track.

Two-thirds of romances start out as friendships.

You don’t need to ride into the danger zone to take advantage of TOPGUN’s life and career lessons.

Stoicism is a big deal right now, but it has some major flaws. Here’s why you might want to hold off on becoming a Stoic.

Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.

Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.