High-wire artist Philippe Petit explains how to practice creativity while sleeping.

High-wire artist Philippe Petit describes his process of compressing chaos in order to build a model for creative output.

How to you inspire people? How do you touch an audience? High-wire artist Philippe Petit explains the secret is to not try at all. Instead, be yourself.

Live-streamed from Perimeter Institute, & exclusive real-time commentary! “Every generation of physicists solves some old puzzles and finds some new ones.” –Dr. Kendrick Smith I want you to think back […]

High-wire artist Philippe Petit, who four decades ago performed illegally between the World Trade Center towers, explains how his personal brand of outlaw creativity can be harnessed to inspire and solve problems.

The power of positive thought has a double edge: on one hand it helps us cope when we're faced with difficult circumstances, but if not checked with a dose of realism, it can set us up for defeat.

Gaps in public services available to women are closing, but women still lack a participatory voice in economic and political matters.

Too much of a good thing can be harmful and that includes exercising. A 12-year study found people who did strenuous workouts died at the same rate as couch potatoes.

It may sound obvious, but debt can be a major strain on a person's mental health. So, it's interesting that a recent study is among the first to explore the link between student loans and a decrease in mental well-being.

As we all come to grips with the groundhog's latest prediction that we'll be facing six more weeks of winter, businesses should be glad. Researchers have found a correlation between bad weather and an uptick in productivity.

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." 

The author of The Internet is Not the Answer decries the free business model that has brought so much success to companies like Google and Facebook.

While some school districts have experimented with holding classes via the internet during bad weather, the format isn't wholly feasible for all subjects.

The way most helicopter parents behave, you'd think the daily chance of dying is equal to a coin flip.

Every form of medical therapy has a Number Needed to Treat (N.N.T.) and Number Needed to Harm (N.N.H.). These statistics help patients learn whether a treatment is worth pursuing.

Innovation expert Michael Schrage explores the major questions that have risen from the recent Sony hack. He questions whether hacking and cyberattacks should be treated as mere misdemeanors or as more serious affronts to personal freedom.

Without a nuanced understanding of what it means to be authentic, we easily shirk the effort required to fully explore our range of personal and professional potential.

I began the new year on a very positive – and inspiring – note after reading Eric Liu’s latest commentary on “Radical Empathy”.  The founder and CEO of Citizen University, […]

One of the field's most acclaimed psychiatrists explains the dangers of neglecting the severity of intense traumatic experiences.