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The Mystery of Why Some People Become Sudden Geniuses
There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?
There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?
The gentle, child-led approach to raising children has become popular with millennials – and one two-letter word has fallen sharply out of fashion. Is this progress, or a recipe for future disaster?
Can we rekindle the joy of slumber?
Social media feeds are flooded with lattes and sweets flavored with the green tea powder, disrupting a fragile supply chain.
Humble ingredients—eggs, pasta, cheese, and pork—combine to create glossy, glorious spaghetti carbonara.
A focus on the traumatic origins of an often stigmatized psychiatric diagnosis is inspiring treatments.
You can better connect with your children and their communities by learning social-emotional skills alongside them.
Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.
At a certain age, getting up from the sofa can be a physical challenge.
Human productivity has a ceiling.
Horace Fletcher preached the gospel of fanatically chewing food until it completely dissolved in the mouth. Even celebs like Upton Sinclair and Franz Kafka drank the Kool-Aid.
Before purging your belongings to tidy up, consider this organizational tactic championed by two artists.
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
Kidnapping and extortion are growing concerns in the crypto world, with cases rising alongside the price of bitcoin.
Can’t afford goji berries, spirulina or turmeric – or just don’t like the taste? Most kitchens are full of healthy but unglamorous alternatives. Nutrition experts name their favourites.
Some people, in fact, are more prone to big feelings than others.
Long overshadowed by the coveted Michelin stars, the Bib Gourmand celebrates the world's best budget-friendly restaurants.
The Michigan congresswoman is again recounting her childhood experiences as funding to combat domestic violence is under threat.
For a nation that is famously apologetic about everything, the UK apparently has a hard time saying sorry. Olivia Petter asks why we find making genuine apologies so difficult – and what that says about our ability to take accountability.
Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.
Pulau Tiga, best known as the original ‘Survivor’ island, was as much of a character on the show as the contestants were.
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
The host of the ’Money with Katie’ podcast has some priceless advice for women on how to approach pay-rise negotiations.
Seedless varieties may have perks, but there’s something alluring about old-timey, seeded watermelons too.
A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.
The hype around this life stage—Perimenopause™—has gotten out of control. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned aging?
55% of Americans are now weighing car purchases in the year ahead, up from 47% in Q1.
As people turn to A.I. for therapy and companionship, some say the models still leave something to be desired
According to the Brooklyn Public Library, these titles can help you understand how we got here.
Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.
Americans are paying more for electricity, and those prices are set to rise even further.
Kids in the U.S. get most of their calories from ultra-processed foods, which are tied to health problems. Now, scientists are finding that kids don’t all react to these foods in the same way.
Vogue’s Corey Seymour went to see Oasis on their first night at Wembley Stadium. Here’s how that went.
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom.’
Many high earners in the U.S. still feel broke. Between lifestyle creep, debt and social pressure, even $200,000 per year doesn’t always buy peace of mind.
From picking a career to picking a spouse, one radical philosophical idea will guide you.
The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts.
The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.
Before commercial pilots push back from the gate, they complete a comprehensive preflight check to verify that every system functions correctly during the journey ahead.
Body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino and Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast Weight for It, answer listener questions about body image, weight loss drugs and bullying.
Their fees are getting higher—and their benefits are sometimes wildly complicated to redeem.
The biggest buzz around GLP-1 drugs these days has nothing to do with weight loss. And that might lead to some problems for patients and insurers.
Doing real-time experiments like this in the wild can teach us a lot about our kids and ourselves as parents.
Thieves seized over 850,000 cars last year. See which models, states and behaviors draw the eyes of opportunists.