The family might be a terrible way to raise kids. But it's the best we have.

Former professional poker player Annie Duke explains how real-life decisions aren’t always fair, but we’ve got to do our best when making them.

Neuroscientist Anil Seth on the deep differences between human minds and artificial ones.

Falling in love can feel like finding “the one.” But to your brain, romance may look less like affection and more like craving, stress, and reward.

L..A. Paul spent her career at Yale studying the decisions that remake you from the inside out — and why rational thinking fails exactly when you need it most.

Fun in business is no laughing matter — it can create a golden strategic advantage and bring serious success in the long term.

Your brain responds to game-like mechanics with focus, persistence, and engagement — the exact qualities you need to stay motivated.

New research suggests fun isn’t a distraction from learning — it’s the brain’s way of rewarding us for navigating uncertainty, discovering patterns, and staying mentally alive.

Play isn’t frivolous — and by denying playful impulses, you could be holding yourself back.

Wargames are helping answer one of the biggest questions of the AI era: how machines might reshape human decision-making in war.

Away from adult supervision, children practice the skills that make friendship, confidence, and independence possible.

Older cultures made room for mourning. Today, we often rush it, and it comes with a cost. Three experts explain.

You can't explain a third dimension to someone living in a two-dimensional world. According to Yale philosopher L.A. Paul, the same is true of life's biggest decisions — you simply can't know what it's like until you're already there.

Anxiety feels like a malfunction. Evolutionarily speaking, it's one of your most sophisticated features.

Feedback only feels high-stakes when you've been saving it up.

When we see loneliness as a kind of failure, it becomes damaging. When we see it as information, it becomes actionable. A psychologist, a social health scientist, and a psychiatrist explain.

Vague predictions and post hoc revisions help astrology feel meaningful, even while it fails empirical testing.

Agreeable people may be a pleasure to be around, but they also have a harder time walking away from a bad deal.

What if the voice in your head is less of a witness and more of an interpreter? Two neuroscientists discuss the brain’s drive to explain, narrate, and make everything add up.

The excavation most career advice skips.