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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.

Only talk about the weather?

Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?

Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

Carl Jung was one such person.

One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.

Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.

Success is about give and take — with a little more give.

People often ask “What should I do?” when faced with an ethical problem. Aristotle urges us to ask “What kind of person should I be?”

From COVID and cancer vaccines to a steady drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty, there are reasons for optimism in 2023.

To the Greek philosopher, all of our actions ultimately aim at our own pleasure.

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.

Solitude, by itself, does not predict feelings of loneliness.

Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?

Are some of us simple destined for unhappiness?

Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”

Should we take people’s drunken behavior as evidence of their true character?

Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.

Dunbar’s number is a popular estimate for the maximum size of social groups. But new research suggests that it’s a fictitious number based on flimsy data and bad theory.

If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?

Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.

Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.

Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.

Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.

The “Foundation” series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.

For a long time, important events could only be visualized retroactively through paintings. Photography allowed us to capture history as — or sometimes even before — it happened. 

Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.

Real-time online learning is where our dated education system is heading.