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Why does our belief in the ability of drugs to enhance the achievements of artists stop with artists? Isn’t reaching new physical heights just as inspiring as a lyric that tells us some truth creatively?
So-called structured procrastination could help you be as productive as your go-getter peers.
Older people, 65 and older, are the most likely to reap the benefits of smartphone technology.
Does dropping a few brain-related words into an argument cause people to lose the capacity for critical thought?
A scathing critique of antidepressant medication, just written by a psychiatrist in Wales, UK, is making waves across Britain and you can expect ripples to reach the U.S. in the coming days.
If Scrooge gave away just a few pennies, he would suffer a big loss of well-being; for Mother Teresa to suffer a comparable loss she would have to give until she were nearly penniless.
Jason Gots explores issues of authenticity and the true self, inspired by his deep dive into the podcast ocean.
As yoga reaches the mainstream, there are many who seek to use it as a control device, says author Shahram Shiva. He argues that young people are usually smart enough to see through the ruse.
Dr. Christian Jarrett points out that neuroscience is helping us understand how negative feedback is essential to helping others improve.
Ambition, goal-setting, and I are awkwardly dating.
A new book explains why individual humans are notoriously bad at assessing how others perceive them.
Nearly half of Americans are “interested bystanders” who are aware of world events yet refuse to vote. A new survey finds that interested bystanders tend to take civic action only when they have a personal or professional stake.
Google’s Project Oxygen recently vindicated those who refute the claim that managers don’t matter. Now the search giant’s researchers want to dive deeper and explore the building blocks of team chemistry.
Mindfulness meditation is at risk of being separated from its beneficent roots, which grounded the practice in ancient philosophical/religious systems that emphasized ascetic virtues.
No matter how much animosity you hold against your future former employers, making a spectacle is never worth the risk of backlash.
Despite the apparent rise in people with no religion, the overall percentage of non-believers is expected to decline as a share of the world’s population, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
New research out of Johns Hopkins University suggests babies whose expectations are challenged by surprise tend to learn more efficiently.
If you’re lucky enough to have a professional colleague take you under their wing, you have to identify ways to nurture that relationship from the receiving end.
Research shows that kids who get to school under their own steam enjoy learning benefits in the classroom. Unfortunately, varying social factors and infrastructural limitations often make such commutes difficult, if not impossible.
He hasn’t shot an episode of Let’s Make a Deal for decades, but Monty Hall’s name still graces a statistical brouhaha from the early 1990s, and the drama he cultivated on […]
Global Population Boom: Are People the Problem, the Solution, or Both? Professor Joel Cohen first asks and answers the question, “How did humans grow from small populations on the African […]
Sex may be enjoyable, but in evolutionary terms, it’s a very difficult way to reproduce.
Personal and professional growth should not be treated as a chore. Instead, derive joy from your betterment efforts by treating them as play.
The more education people have, the more ignorant they may be. Ignoring our ignorance and assuming we know much more than we actually do seems to be a universal human tendency.
New and expecting parents can boost their baby’s development by playing games that exercise the young brain.
For today’s UN International Day of Happiness, NPR traveled to the struggling country of Nepal in order to learn what makes its citizens happy. For many, it’s the little things in life that bring them the most joy.
When an artist achieves visibility in popular culture — when they become famous — their work is forever changed.
True to form, Americans are vastly more optimistic than their counterparts in the developed world, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
For five years, an organization called Dunna: Creative Alternatives for Peace has encouraged the practice of yoga for both victims and ex-militants of the ongoing Colombian conflict.