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Hearts and brains

Humans always end up with clogged arteries, right? That’s not what the lives of ...

Passion and Palestine

More than any other conflict, Israel/Palestine has provoked extraordinarily ferv...

The birth of naturalism

The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But...

The listening gift

It is the dark matter of conversation, the white space around a poem. For Rilke,...

Mother tongue

In animations that evoke the fog of memory, Susan returns to her childhood in Ko...

How to see an exquisite corpse

A history of the ‘exquisite corpse’ in art shows how it embodies surrealist idea...

The ethical dilemma of privacy

Is privacy inherently valuable, or just one more variable in a society’s bluepri...

A very American fear

Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so...

So many unmarried men

For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that...

Guardians of the gibbons

Humans are both the gravest threat and the greatest hope for the survival of the...

A former slave’s letter to his old master

‘Will you send us our wages for the time that we served you?’ A freed slave answ...

Poverty is not permanent

By understanding the pernicious myths surrounding poverty, we can make progress ...

The cheekiest potter

A ceramicist puts a playful twist on Italian Renaissance pottery with dirty joke...

Is Weight Loss Medication a Catalyst for Divorce?

A recent investigation from the New York Times has emphasized the way that relat...

You Also Married Their Mental Illness

When one spouse has a mental illness, the mental health of the other spouse is n...

Working Together on Jealousy

Are you in a relationship where your partner struggles with jealousy? Using thes...

The Rise of Cosmetic Surgery in the Social Media Era

Social media’s perpetuation of unrealistic beauty standards fuels cosmetic surge...

Perfecting the Art of Psychological Ju-Jitsu

The key to responding to difficult thoughts and emotions lies not in struggling ...

Why Do Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas?

Why do even smart people fall for scams, cults, and bad ideas? Here's how mispla...

How to Say No to Dominant Leaders

High-conflict leaders exploit cognitive biases to dominate. Science-backed strat...