Science of Everyday Life
What love does to your brain. Techniques to argue better. How loneliness hurts on a cellular level. The science of everyday life, explained.
A science journalist spent months researching sleep. Here’s what he found.
Ignore Jerry Maguire — you don’t need someone to complete you.
A Twitter poll drama, explained.
Get out of your own head.
Urbanist Brent Toderian reflects on which suburbs can be saved and made more walkable.
“When we come close to the end of our life, what’s really important makes itself known.”
Humans have excellent olfaction and can smell more than a trillion odors.
Talking with a political opponent is almost as unpleasant as getting a tooth pulled.
Here are some things to be grateful for this holiday season.
IQ can predict your risk of death, and 8 other smart facts about intelligence
Seven lessons from reporting on the psychology of fear.
Here’s how the 20 national parks on the path of totality are preparing.
The Headspace app co-founder on monetizing mindfulness.
Watch these bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance in just 12 days
American politics can seem baffling. Psychology is here to help.
“I understand it takes a certain amount of guts to aim high.” —Aubrey de Grey
Brain scans and machine learning programs are paving the way for a breakthrough.
Three psychological reasons Trump’s falsehoods stick with followers.
Polarization, the internet, and the human mind are working in lockstep to fracture reality into countless pieces.
Morning people and night owls are born that way. It’s time we accepted that.
Elephants never forget — but it’s up to humans to remember they’re worth saving.
Spring came early to DC. That might be bad news for the Yoshino cherry trees.
Studies find an increased number of traffic accidents on the Monday after we push clocks forward.
Medicaid expansion is the focus of one of the fiercest Obamacare fights. Here’s what the science says.
What’s happening to Muslims under Trump isn’t new. Humans can be wired for it.
Scientists say they can use molecular breeding to get us much better tomatoes.
29 percent of the site’s liberal users say they’re less interested in dating.
How can we make facts matter? Research in psychology and political science offers a little hope.
“I believe spiritual genius is as necessary to humanity as objective knowledge.”
Yes, politics can make us stupid. But there’s an important exception to that rule.
What medical case studies say about consuming large amounts of sugar-free gum.
A scientist explains how the pain of loneliness makes us sick.
Why we react to inconvenient truths as if they were personal insults.
One thing I’ve learned from years of studying breakups: talking about your ex actually helps.
You can have stuff upon stuff, but it still won’t fix everything.
The most meaningful gifts are ones that evoke memories.