Thanks to advantages in facial recognition technology and natural language analysis, virtual therapists can "understand" humans better than ever before.

Pregnancy can be both a triumph and a terror, with those terrors often coming from having to deal with its social ramifications. Telling your boss and co-workers that you're having a baby (and will be taking leave) doesn't have to be stressful or frightening.

While previous studies have found that people who overshare personal information on social media have a stronger need to belong to a group, the same doesn't appear true of those who share about their relationship. 

From what we know about the limits of human cognition, we appear ill-suited to sift through the thousands, if not millions, of potential dates waiting for us out there.

“Leaders need to be increasingly discovery driven, meaning they have to be able to adapt their mindset as new information comes in and they have to be very candid and […]

Pigeons Scatter in Kathmandu’s Patan Durbar Square as a young girl scampers through.  Patan Durbar Square is one of seven UNESCO World Heritage sites located in Kathmandu Valley and one of […]

It turns out there’s a lot more to toucans than pitching Fruit Loops and Guinness. Check out the links below to learn all about these very popular, very colorful tropical birds. Via […]

Stefan Magdalinski, the former CEO of Multiply.com, came across this sign in Kasane, Botswana. His description: “Kasane, Botswana. All over the world cybercafes have to cater to whatever expat community […]

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” -Amelia Earhart For more on the legendary aviator: -Earhart’s National Geographicaccount of the 1935 trek from Honolulu to the California […]

“In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed.” -Sir Thomas More, from Utopia (1515) Thomas More’s utopian vision […]

Big decisions made now can open up future paths toward working again with a past employer. This means that, in one respect, you can be like LeBron James.

Does social media and the rising popularity of personal gadgets make people more selfish? Max Ogles argues that selflessness is still thriving thanks in part to a number of apps focused on charitable giving.

The human capacity for reason may be fragile and partial but it is not belied by studies in which large percentages of subjects answer a few tricky questions incorrectly.

It may not be surprising that links exist between the amount of debt you're in and how often you feel ill. Enacting a plan for better living — both with regard to health and finance — isn't as hard as you think.

Short for "Your Life, Only Better," Yolobe is a new social networking service that connects ambitious high schoolers to professional opportunities.

Layli Miller-Muro shares with us how she began the Tahirih Justice Center, an organization dedicated to helping women who seek political asylum due to gender-based persecution (http://www.tahirih.org/). Miller-Muro is the […]

Kay Koplovitz, founder of the USA Networks, talks about the potential that crowdfunding has to give opportunities to more investors.

Neuroscientist James Fallon discusses how he came to discover (and how he's learned to live with) the fact that he's a borderline psychopath.

Stephen Dubner talks about the importance of thinking small in order to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems piece by piece. Dubner is the co-author of Think Like a […]

Bill Nye (The Science Guy!) describes the possibility of discovering life on Europa, arguing that we might make such a discovery in as little as 20 or 30 years. Bill is the CEO of the Planetary Society (http://planetary.org/).