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In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.

You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.

Like toddlers, adults can also get “overtired.”

“Tristram Shandy” trolled its way to fame.

In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.

“Like real dreams, it does not explain, does not complete its sequences,” film critic Roger Ebert once wrote about “Mulholland Drive.”

In polarized times, our shared cellular origin can unite us in solidarity and awe — from the embryonic scale to the grandest cosmic perspective.

Man does not live by measurement alone.

The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.

The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a “reality threshold” that is lower than it should be.

If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?

Between 30% and 50% of the US population says they believe in ghosts.

Throughout history, hundreds — sometimes thousands — of people have been spontaneously compelled to dance until collapsing or dying from exhaustion. What explains this bizarre phenomenon?

When does “oversharing” become an issue?

Will you die when your body dies?

While Taoism can be paradoxical and abstract, it also offers daily life lessons.

Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

“In that conversation with Laozi’s text, I began to see the shape of my own life, the questions that opened seams, the patterns that pooled and shimmered.”

By focusing on the role of human experience, we may uncover new insights on the fundamental structure of reality.

Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?

Famed activist Bayard Rustin constantly faced the dilemma of coordinating collective pursuits among diverse groups of people.

For linguists, the uniqueness of the Basque language represents an unsolved mystery. For its native speakers, long oppressed, it is a source of pride.

Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking – and how we can stop that from happening.

From honing the art of perception to checking cognitive biases, here are a few techniques employees can learn in critical thinking training. 

You’ll be able to sleep through a war.

From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.

About six minutes after the heart stops, the brain essentially dies.

“I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences.”

Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.