Adults aged 40 and older completed an executive-function test 12% faster after running a HEPA air purifier at home for one month…
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
Delaware dropped 714 retired New York subway cars into the Atlantic 16 miles offshore
By Daniel Moran · Sep 1, 2026
Charles Darwin reserved roughly four hours a day for concentrated study and often declared, “I’ve done a good day’s work,” by noon
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The psychology of over-apologizing: what genuinely happy people have stopped saying sorry for, and why
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Does wealth make you better? The research says it depends entirely on what you do with it
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Simple habits to regain control of your life, and what the science says 'control' really means
Aug 30, 2026
Emotional tears may have evolved not merely to express sadness, but to change the behaviour of the people around us
Aug 30, 2026
Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: "We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness"
Aug 30, 2026
The ten-thousand-hour study was redone with thirty-nine violinists under double-blind conditions, and the group rated merely good had…
Aug 29, 2026
A Harvard psychologist and his colleague set out to discover how many moving objects the human imagination can track simultaneously
Aug 29, 2026
The habits blamed for keeping you poor matter less than the genre claims, and often run the other way
Aug 29, 2026
A 2024 AARP survey of 1,010 adults aged 50-plus found that 44% believed they had grown happier over time—yet only 22% thought most people…
Aug 29, 2026