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The Habit That Could Improve Your Career

Adults Education Human Psychology Self Health

Paul Catchlove believes strongly in the power of reflection.

The Disease You Will Never Survive

Adults Biology Genetics Human Health Science Neuroscience

A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.

What if you experienced every human life in history?

Adults History Human Life Philosophy Society

Examine the ethical stance known as longtermism, which is the idea that we should be doing more to protect future generations.

3 Steps To Help Kids Process Traumatic Events

Adults How-to Human Psychology Education Parenting Mental Health

What do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a teacher, parent or community builder, educator Kristen Nguyen provides three research-backed steps for navigating these difficult conversations, restoring a sense of safety and facilitating collective healing.

All the Ways Ice Baths Affect the Body | WIRED

Adults Education Health Human Wellness

Everyone seems to be cold plunging, or at the very least, watching other people do it.

160,439 People Agree With Me, 64,831 Disagree

Adults History Human Psychology

For decades, the Sleeping Beauty Problem has divided people between two answers.

How James Gandolfini Navigates Emotion

Adults Art Creativity Human Culture Politics Philosophy

The Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.

What causes cavities? - Mel Rosenberg

Adults Education Health Human Science History

When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes.

When are you actually an adult? - Shannon Odell

Adults History Human Life Psychology

Explore how scientists define adulthood, and find out if there’s a specific age at which we reach maturity.

How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

Adults Education Human Science Language Culture

There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures.

Why Do Heart Attacks Cause Arm Pain?

Adults Health Human Science

When the brain receives pain from an internal organ, it often projects the pain in the wrong place because of the way sensory nerve paths converge.

How to deal with rejection

Adults Human Psychology Science Mental Health Self

Dig into the psychology of why rejection causes us pain, and explore strategies to cope with this common experience.

Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little

Adults Human Psychology Self

What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are.

Saving Wild Salmon Populations

Adults Animals History Human Environment Wildlife Film

In her film 'Salmon Reflection' Norwegian and Unangax̂ filmmaker Anna Hoover explores the effects of a changing world on the communities of Bristol Bay, one of the last surviving wild salmon ecosystems.

When Was The Worst Time In History To Die?

Adults Health History Human Science

By combining historical demography and epidemiology, we can (sort of) determine how people throughout history have died.

Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out.

Adults Health History Human Science

Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe.

Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax

Adults History Human Science Culture

Scientists are sometimes deemed objective observers of the world in which we live, but that’s not entirely true. They’re still human and can find themselves victim to fraudsters just like the lot of us.

How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

Adults Health Human Psychology Mental Health Self

You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion.

Why Do We Release So Much Gas?

Adults History Human Science Environment Global Warming

The carbon dioxide we’re pumping into the air every day is causing unprecedented global warming and climate change.

Pet Shop Breakout Sparks Chameleon Invasion

Adults Human Life Nature Animals Environment

When dozens of Jackson chameleons escaped a Hawaiian pet shop in 1972, they started to wreck havoc on the local ecosystem.

Why do you want to squeeze cute things?

Adults Human Psychology Science

Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.