Sometimes the lessons that stick the most are the ones never intended to be taught.
Andrew N. Meltzoff & Walter S. Gilliam | Mar 19
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
Immaculata De Vivo | Mar 15
It is far from preposterous to suggest that the fate of the human race is inextricably linked to the fate of the Earth’s groundwaters.
Nick Dudley Ward | Mar 4
For a flight to be imperiled by a simple and preventable manufacturing or maintenance error is an anomaly with ominous implications.
John Downer | Feb 28
A simple dice game shines a bit of light on the psychology of regret.
Geoffrey Engelstein | Feb 26
“Every category is a simplification to some degree; it throws away information about the thing.”
The Editors | Feb 15
Whenever someone waxes poetic about terraforming alien worlds, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the ethical implications of the proposal.
Erika Nesvold | Feb 12
If we want to understand our consciousness, we must not be afraid to break new ground.
Marc Wittmann | Jan 25
Only when clinicians dispel stereotypes about psychosis and understand the complex ways hallucinations can offer meaning, comfort, and purpose to patients can they truly guide them toward recovery.
Abigail Gosselin | Jan 15
An excerpt from Emmanuelle Pouydebat’s “Sexus Animalis,” an illustrated guide to the amazingly multifarious sex lives of animals.
Emmanuelle Pouydebat | Translated by Erik Butler | Jan 5