Your relationship with technology in 2024

Why does sleep become more elusive as we age? It has to do with shifts in "sleep architecture"

I Kill Giants

The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians

You're Not Going to Make It

The key to depression, obesity, alcoholism – and more? Why the vagus nerve is so exciting to scientists

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A New Study Paints a Different Picture of Homelessness in California

“We Have 30 Extra Years”

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?

The Case for Banning Children from Social Media

How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain

We can reduce homelessness if we follow the science on what works

The Social Recession

Psychedelics Open Your Brain. You Might Not Like What Falls In.

How I Survived a Year in ‘the Hole’ Without Losing My Mind

The Age of Distracti-pression

On Aging Alone

Why People Are Acting So Weird

Unlearning Perfectionism
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Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times.

The Problem of Marital Loneliness

Say Goodbye to Your Manager

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Only Your Boss Can Cure Your Burnout

Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain?

Why burnout won’t go away, even as life returns to ‘normal’

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How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation

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The Phoenix Effect

Walking Is Making a Major Comeback
I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about living without them

How the Japanese are putting an end to extreme work weeks

The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism

Everyone Knows Memory Fails as You Age. But Everyone Is Wrong.

Shroom-Therapy Startup Edges Toward FDA Approval

Magic mushroom compound psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study

Science Confirms That the Vagus Nerve Is Key to Well-being

The Myth of Self-Control

How to Redesign Cities to Fight Loneliness

Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?

An Epidemic of Disbelief

The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation

How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger

How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood

Workism Is Making Americans Miserable

Do Not Disturb
