Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.

Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.

If your inner voice is cruel, try these steps to reclaim your mind.

What you see is what you hear.

A real-life nightmare.

We all see beauty the same way.

Think via Bayes’ rule to become more rational and less brainwashed.

The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That old adage roughly sums up the idea of antifragility, a term coined by the statistician and writer Nassim Taleb. The term refers […]

"Kids are always asking two questions of parents: 'Am I safe?' and 'Am I real?'"

Eyes with lower pigment (blue or grey eyes) don’t need to absorb as much light as brown or dark eyes before this information reaches the retinal cells. This might provide light-eyed people with some resilience to SAD.

Perform at your mental peak.

Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.

This scientist collected thousands of secrets. They all had 3 things in common.

Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.

"In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy."

Caffeine does something, but it's not clear exactly what.

"All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist."

The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.

A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.

"Downward counterfactual thinking" — that is, imagining how things could be worse — is a quick and easy way to boost your well-being and gratitude.

The history of money is a history of convenience, and spending has never been easier than it is today.

You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.

You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.

Brown noise, the better-known white noise, and even pink noise are all sonic hues.

Foster your own moments of mystery.

When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.

Here's how to avoid getting duped by the "dark patterns" of online businesses.

Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.

By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.