Beethoven Knew and Regretted His Unhappiness

Some people call it the most joyful work ever written: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, composed in 1824, which ends with the famous anthem ...

Mount Everest Slowly Grows Taller Every Year

Every year Mount Everest gets a little taller. The peak is already the highest in the world, at roughly 29,029 feet above sea level. But over millennia, ...

Opting Out of the ‘Preschool Pressure Cooker’

An interesting article in The Wall Street Journal noted that "we are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting." ...

What Life Events Change Your Personality?

Over time, your personality can change — in big ways. But psychologists didn’t always think this to be true. While one’s personality ...

Tim Keller Explains Our Sin Problem

Here’s how Tim Keller used to explain our sin problem:

Imagine your present self looking at your past self, say 10 years ago. Your present self thinks ...

Robots Can't Replace the Master's Touch

Many have wondered what place AI or robots will have in the future. They will make life easier, but could robots replace the world’s greatest artists? ...

Coach Bill Belichick Invested in His Players

Six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots parted ways in January 2024. This sparked a lot of commentary on the coach’s ...

How AI Short-Circuits Creativity

In 2023 the ad agency Design Army created an entire campaign using only generative AI. In it, a world of impossible buildings, floating hats, and gigantic ...

‘Kidults’ Buying Nostalgia to Relive Childhood

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing over your favorite childhood toys or memories? A new survey reveals that four in five Americans may be “kidults”—still ...

The Unexpected Ministry of Facebook

In an issue of Christianity Today, Jen Wilkin writes of an unexpected lesson from Facebook:

Facebook decided to kick off (the new year) with a challenge: ...