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Addicted to spending money you want to save? Here’s how to stop.
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Give yourself (and others) a break.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
There are four money personality types. Which are you?
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
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A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
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From health to leadership abilities, a good sense of humor can help improve many aspects of life.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
Here’s how to avoid getting duped by the “dark patterns” of online businesses.
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Uncertainty is inherent to our Universe.
How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Reframing life in terms of death reveals some of the biggest philosophical problems with how we think about living systems.
Fulfillment at work isn’t about finding your passion; it’s about cultivating the relationships that create a sense of belonging.
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?”
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What’s puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
“The Soul of a New Machine” provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity’s greatest thinkers.
In the age of distraction, don’t we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
The American author said he attempted to bring scientific thinking to literary criticism, but received “very little gratitude for this.”