Sleeping better helps you think better, which helps you live better. Three experts explain why quality sleep is imperative to brain function, problem solving, communication, and more.

Philosophers rarely change their minds. These thinkers did — often at social and professional cost.

Proposed over 2000 years ago by Democritus, the word atom literally means uncuttable. Revived in 1803, today's "atoms" can indeed be split.

Life's "in-between" stages pack unique cognitive benefits — if you know how to tap into them.

“The media is 10x more likely to describe experiences of being alone as negative, as compared to positive.” Psychologist Ethan Kross shares how reframing the idea of loneliness can help us feel more peace when we’re on our own.

If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?

A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances.

In this excerpt from "Seven Rivers," historian Vanessa Taylor explores how Ancient Egyptian pharaohs harnessed the Nile River to build empires and secure their power.

How to look cool in post-war France in black and white photos.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

How can the brain — a piece of matter — love? Physics and chemistry explain the material world, but they can’t explain why it feels like something to be alive. This is the mystery of consciousness, according to these experts.

A conversation with Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks we’re not talking about and why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.

In this excerpt from "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…," Steven Pinker examines how crying may have evolved as part of a suite of emotional expressions aimed at strengthening social bonds.

Free speech may be messy, but censorship is deadly. Founder of The Future of Free Speech Jacob Mchangama explains.

Neuroscientist Rachel Barr shares her favorite books on the brain and how they shaped her approach to the field.

Just because a paper passes peer review doesn't mean that what's written, or what the author asserts, is true. Here's why it still matters.

We don't learn from history because we can't learn from history.

“The sexual excitation system is the accelerator or the gas pedal, and it notices all the sex-related information in the environment.”

A physician, a psychologist, and a mindfulness teacher explain what stress does to your body and mind, and how to use it to get smarter and stronger.

Questions about our origins, biologically, chemically, and cosmically, are the most profound ones we can ask. Here are today's best answers.