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A familiar misstep people make when trying to be likable is trying to impress others. They want to show they are funny, intelligent, and a great...
In the 1960s, psychologist Julian Stanley realized that if you took the best-testing seventh graders from around the country and gave them standard...
Showing kindness doesn’t cost a thing, but its impact is always worth its weight in gold. We typically experience kindness from other humans, but...
When people talk about the world older generations grew up in, it’s often looked at through the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia. Life was simpler...
Flying on airplanes with dozens of perfect strangers is, in many ways, a social experiment. We’re forced to sit in seats that aren’t big enough...
How a movie gets presented in 70mm IMAX may seem like niche film nerd information, but a Cinemark Dallas assistant manager has sucked people far and...
For people who work remotely, the freedom and flexibility can be a life-changer. Working from home makes it easy to navigate family life, and not...
Sometimes, having a sense of humor pays off. Literally. Back in 2020, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, located on the south shore of Massachusetts,...
Here’s the friendliest history lesson you’ll get all year. As the country geared up to turn 250 in July, an American reporter from CBS News...
There are a lot of personality tests out there, and we humans are endlessly fascinated by them. There are the ones popular in pop-psychology like...
Stephanie Brander had a ravine full of vines she was never going to beat on her own. So she hired sheep. Brander, who lives in Northern Virginia,...
John Mayer is most known for his mega music hits. But the 48-year-old singer has another passion: supporting veterans battling PTSD. Mayer founded The...
All things old are new again, and the same goes for classic recipes. For those who grew up during the 1970s (that’s Baby Boomers and Generation...
Visiting different states within America can sometimes feel like traveling to a completely different country, given the significant cultural...
So often, we equate intelligence with standardized testing, or say, degrees or rank in a graduating class. The person who has a 4.0 GPA and high SAT...
Especially these days, it feels like the gulf between how we should treat others, and the way we often do, has gotten bigger and bigger. So when we...
The diversity of humanity means people won’t always see eye to eye, and psychology tells us that people tend to double down when their views are...
Most parents would agree that we want to encourage our kids to be themselves. But most parents also know the excruciating pain of their child coming...
It should come as no surprise that birthing a child is exhausting work. Whether a child is born vaginally or via cesarean, the toll on the mother’s...
For a lot of us with anxiety, it can be difficult to refrain from turning small negative thoughts into insurmountable, catastrophizing ones. We go...
Cracking jokes at family gatherings, making an insightful quip in a unique situation, or having the ability to laugh during one of life’s stressful...
Most Baby Boomers have been retired for years now, while Gen Xers are just approaching their retirement era. And according to a finance expert who...
One of the big challenges the world faces with the spread of artificial intelligence is how it affects the education system. AI is a wonderful tool...
Carlo Arco was born Giancarlo Lavi in 1952 in Turin, Italy, where he was abandoned. For the first five years of his life, he lived in a religious...
America recently celebrated its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the patriotic milestone, 11-year-old Greyson Moore decided to crochet a...
It was just one of those things. A vowel sound was ever-so-slightly altered by a Southern accent, leading one word to sound like another. More...
One of the most popular psychological terms that’s come out of the social media (mainly TikTok and Instagram) self-improvement boom, is...
Researchers have long realized we weren’t all experiencing imagination in the same way. In fact, the ability to inwardly visualize objects and...
Falling in love can feel intoxicating. It can quickly start to feel like you can’t go a day without seeing your love interest. Your brain begins to...
Doomscrolling, short-form videos, digital notifications…it can feel like social media dominates the way we consume information. We skim, we swipe,...
When a sweet little kitten named Gelato showed up at Cincinnati Animal CARE, a spinal injury left his back legs too weak to support his weight. But...
“Look into each other’s eyes and dance.” That’s the simple caption on a video shared by choreographer Damian Malvacio that’s capturing...
Ben Rosenberger thought he was about to follow his newborn son to the NICU. Instead, after an emergency C-section, the healthy baby was placed in his...
If you wake up each morning feeling spent, it’s not just you. There is a general feeling of fatigue throughout the world. Scientists in Singapore...
It started like any ordinary pharmacy errand. A Michigan woman named Sarah was waiting at CVS to pick up a prescription for her “son.” When...
In the never-ending quest to understand ourselves better, or at least have just one more distraction from whatever it is we should be doing, here...
It’s quite common for people to fantasize about their wedding day, the ceremony, the bridal party, the dress, the cake, and some people spend months...
Generation X (those born between 1965-1980) grew up eating classic Americana meals. During the 1970s, comfort meals like tuna casserole and salmon...
Why is it that some people are high achievers who have a track record of success and some people never come close to accomplishing their dreams? Is it...
Every day, scientists and environmentalists search for new and inventive ways to restore forests as ecosystems around the world continue to disappear....
Fitting of the original epic poem upon which it was based, filming Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey was fraught with challenges. This...
Parking lots are stressful places. According to AAA, approximately 29% of all car accidents happen in parking lots. Whether you’re accident-avoiding...
What’s in a name? It turns out, a lot. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we make assumptions about people based on their name. Some research...
Meet Joe. He’s an unpretentious guy who lives in Georgia and happens to love fast food, but not in an ironic “aren’t I so cool” kind...
Before he ever gave us one of sitcom’s most iconic characters, Henry Winkler had a lot of experience as a “serious” theatre actor under his...
Cats may be persnickety at times or appear aloof to the presence of humans, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their favorites. Just like dogs,...
Being frugal isn’t about deprivation, it’s about living intentionally. Meaning you spend less on what drains you, and more on what gives you back...
Happiness researcher Dr. Arthur Brooks says that one of the most important things people can do as they enter the second half of their life is to...
You’ve probably heard plenty of people doing impressions of other languages, speaking gibberish that sounds vaguely Chinese, French, or German....
We live in a society that prizes ambition, celebrating goal-setting, and hustle culture as praiseworthy vehicles on the road to success. We also live...
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