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No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You’re a Famous Writer
Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions.
Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions.
We consume far more than we create when it should be the opposite.
Disenfranchised grief refers to losses that society doesn’t fully appreciate or ignores. This makes it harder to mourn, at least in public.
To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.
Author Ottessa Moshfegh opens up about coping with depression, how writing saved her life, and finding solace in an overlooked song.
Ever wondered what’s causing those small white bumps around your eyes? They could be milia, and your moisturizer might be to blame.
A nerd’s guide to bullet journaling.
These reoccuring story elements have proven effects on our imagination, our emotions and other parts of our psyche.
When we view objectivity and subjectivity as opposites rather than complements, we distort the empirical realities of data collection.
Plus, how the beauty of nature and art leavens our most unselfish impulses.
Sometimes it’s the smallest words and phrases that shape how you’re perceived at work. Here are a few to watch out for at every level.
The ‘one touch’ rule could be the solution if keeping your home tidy feels like a never ending challenge.
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
I didn’t know how you could inventory memories. I might search for a particular one, bring it up, dust it off. But how to count five days’ worth?
For those trying to overcome their fears of flying, it’s been . . . a challenging time to say the least.
As increasing numbers of us can’t or won’t have children, Helen Coffey talks to those who are planning their lives without a nuclear family, and investigates why government policy has yet to catch up with this rapidly growing demographic.
Many independent pharmacies are in turmoil throughout the US. But a unique law has made North Dakota a haven for mom-and-pop operators.
TikTok beauty influencer Kaycee Ogle is regularly contacted by brands who want her to promote their products. But one email she received in June was different, and made her curious.
From "wandering wombs" to modern biases, the troubling politics of hysterectomies
The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is.
Consider it your gateway to heavy lifting.
News shows and networks are looking for ways to engage fans and find new revenue sources.
The final days of July are the dog days of soccer’s summer transfer window, but August will bring a flurry of wheeling and dealing.
A growing movement is challenging colorism and reshaping the way Black womanhood is seen on screen.
Here is everything we know about the “Naked Gun” costars’ relationship
Burnout, broken promises, and no work-life balance—young workers are opting out of the old path to success.
Why is it so hard for disabled people to find safe, accessible places to live?
The link between eczema and disordered eating is more common than you might think.
Advice for companies that become the focus of Trump’s Truth Social posts
The furor we’ve seen on late night and ‘South Park’ is just the beginning: TV writers plan to make the cultural cost of capitulating to Trump as high as possible.
The coastal rail giants say it would create ‘the first transcontinental railroad in America’ through an $82 billion deal.
From the mouth down to the gut, here’s what science has to say about bad breath—and how to treat it from the inside out.
When it meets this week, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its key short-term interest rate at its current target range — where it has stayed for all of 2025.
I work hard, buy quality clothes and know how to fake my way through dinner-party conversations. But behind the scenes, I’m part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.
This year, parents will pay more for back-to-school essentials such as pens, pencils and backpacks.
“You can only refill a deflated balloon so much, and often surgical intervention is necessary.”
Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid.
The new tariff could increase prices on goods such as cars, furniture and pharmaceuticals. Trump's tariffs are expected to raise prices by 1.8% in the short term, per the Yale Budget Lab.
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 gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players.
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom.’
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She’s also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.