In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from ...

Why has the ‘learning styles’ theory persisted without any evidence? And what do we actually know about how we learn?

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The other day, I found out that one of my close friends had an extra ticket to a football playoff game, and he invited another friend instead of me. Hurt by this apparent slight, I thought I must have ...

But his most memorable job remains making bread with those labeled unfit to live in society. At 5 am, a correction officer ...

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it ...

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How does memory transform far away from home? A Sudanese artist uses a surreal lens to capture his longing and nostalgia ...

For the ‘quantified self’ movement, the dream is better living through data analysis. You know the quantified self disciples: they’re the people dutifully recording their steps, sleep, sex, anything ...

In Metamorphoses, the ancient Roman poet Ovid describes the Thespian hunter Narcissus, whose own beautiful reflection in a pool captivated him in place until he died. This warning against vanity and ...

Huston Smith (1919-2016) was one of the preeminent US scholars of religion and comparative philosophy during the 20th century. His distinguished career, which included serving as professor of ...