Hunter‑gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality—but the reality is more complicated.

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Research finds that when knowledge workers intentionally use AI to challenge their ideas, they can significantly improve ...

A new book shows how parents can help kids become emotionally mature so they can live happier, more successful lives.

From here the story gains momentum: As Ditto, your mission is to get the environment back to habitable levels and bring back ...

Research finds that most of the benefits of meditation don't depend on how long you meditate for. Instead, consistency ...

Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell. Here’s the misperception that keeps people from acting and how ...

When I turned 40, I kept waiting for the narrative around middle age to catch up with me—the whole “downhill from here” thing. It never did. As I moved from my early to late 40s, one feeling resonated ...

Daniela Kaufer is an associate professor at UC Berkeley who studies the biology of stress, examining at the molecular level how the brain responds to anxiety and traumatic events. Her recent findings ...

Rest has a bad rap in our culture. Most of us think about rest as merely the absence of work—not something valuable in its own right. Sometimes, it’s even equated with laziness. But nothing could be ...

Three months into the pandemic, I had the urge to see my 28-year-old daughter and her husband, 2,000 miles away. She had weathered an acute health crisis, followed by community protests that propelled ...

Emotions can be mystifying at times. After all, who hasn’t been waylaid by sudden anger out of proportion to whatever prompted it, or felt gloomy for seemingly no reason? To add to the complexity, we ...