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Mind and Behavior
Your energy doesn’t work like a battery — and treating it that way may be why you still feel tired even after a break.
Our obsession with speed and productivity creates unnecessary pressure that quietly fuels burnout and anxiety.
Your sense of self isn’t located in a single part of the brain — it emerges from a complex interplay of cognitive processes that change over time.
TikTok gave an old practice a terrible name. Neuroscience explains why it actually works.
In this excerpt from her new book, Jennifer Shahade argues that the smartest move in life, as in chess, is sometimes a sideways one.
The ideology, economics, and psychology behind the modern world's draining of color from homes, cars, and everyday objects.
Howard Gardner joins us to reflect on the theory of multiple intelligences and why the question of who owns intelligence is more important than ever.
The ozone hole was going to destroy life as we know it, but an unprecedented global effort fixed the problem.
What a fragile flower can teach us about resilience, death, and becoming someone new.
A day in the Sierra Nevada with Tommy Caldwell reveals how pain, trauma, and “elective hardship” became the foundation of his fortitude.
When can a kid play outside alone? Two parents, one stranger, and the state collide.
When applied blindly, resilience can do real harm to our health and our ability to change broken systems.
Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman contends that our modern sense of altruism can be traced back to the radical shift in ethical thinking sparked by Jesus' teachings.
While LooksMaxxing often headlines the news, the idea of BrainMaxxing deserves real attention. Growing your mind never goes out of style.
By better understanding how the brain constructs pain, we may transform how we treat chronic suffering.
Nick was always an angry boy, but he was unlucky as well.
Small signals of warmth can dramatically change how people respond to you.
In this preview, the Stanford professor muses on how emergence, arriving at complex patterns from simple parts, explains AI, brains, and life itself.
Many organizations are missing a key catalyst for excellence — and it’s not a new software program or workplace perk.
A preview of the latest novel by the New York Times bestselling author.
Skim or scan this. No need to deep-read.
A new framework suggests that bursts of neural chaos could be the fingerprints of a conscious mind at work.
Anne Lamott and Neal Allen join us to discuss why embracing constraints can be the best way to find freedom in the craft.
In this excerpt from Separation of Powers, Cass Sunstein explains how the U.S. Constitution prevents such a concentration of authority from turning democracy into despotism.
When people born blind gain sight, the hardest part isn’t opening their eyes — it’s teaching the brain how to see.
The quiet transfer of human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.
Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.
The actor, comedian, and marijuana cultivator on collaboration, success, and overcoming nerves — in business and life.
The great Chinese philosopher offers a durable and practical blueprint for harmonizing with our work colleagues.
Long after the last star burns out, the Universe will experience its end state: a heat death. Will everything prior then be meaningless?