is an English teacher who’s interested in the stories people tell themselves and what those reveal. After years of exploring different kinds of therapy, she found an unlikely source of insight in an ...

For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps ...

Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We ...

Personal stories have the power to connect, entertain, persuade. Use a pro storyteller’s tips to pick and prepare a great one Aspects of opera can seem strange. But give it a try and you’ll soon find ...

Growing up, I could effortlessly recite all the lines of all the songs from the movie Saagar (1985), because for a long stretch of several weeks, day after day, I couldn’t stop listening to those R D ...

Abdullah Al-Salim Ellai was born on Socotra, a remote Yemeni island known for its exceptional wildlife diversity and striking coastlines. As Ellai tells it, when he was young, it was normal for locals ...

On a beautiful day in early summer, four friends and I decided to picnic and paint in the park. We brought along small squares of watercolour paper split into quadrants, sat in a circle, and took ...

‘I don’t think about the future too much. I’m always thinking about the past.’ Born in Khartoum, Sudan, the artist Salah Elmur creates vivid paintings rooted in Sudanese life, politics and his ...

Nick Kabrel is a doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His research focuses on psychology and human-centred AI. His articles have also appeared on Psychology Today, Training ...

To be liked by others is often treated as a paramount aim. The quest for social approval begins in childhood, and it continues in a range of ways throughout the lifespan as people try to find their ...