Anonymous Online Confessions Trend Up in Popularity

A trend continues to take place in the online world of anonymity. Several websites offer the opportunity to air one's darkest confessions. Visitors ...

The Danger of Unrecognized Heart Trouble

In his book, Timothy Jennings writes of the dangers of unrecognized heart issues:

Hypertension—high blood pressure—has been called the silent ...

Research Predicts You're Hiding 13 Secrets

A study has found that the average person is holding onto 13 secrets, five of which they've never told a living soul. And it's not the secret ...

The Psychology of Greed on Halloween

An article in Sociological Images describes researchers who created a Halloween field experiment with the following setup: On Halloween, a woman answers ...

Priceless Pearl Found in Nearly Discarded Clam

Jill Carattini's article Transfigured tells the story of a priceless discovery:

Barbara Krensavage insisted that clams are not a regular part of her ...

Woman's Long-Lost Engagement Ring Found in an Unexpected Place—A Carrot

Mary Grams of Alberta, Canada, lost her engagement ring while working in her garden back in 2004.

"We looked high and low on our hands and knees," ...

Homeowners Remove Alarm Clock from Inside Wall after 13 Years

Homeowner Jerry Lynn was trying to figure out where he should put a hole in his wall for a TV wire. He went up to the second floor of his house and lowered ...

Youth Feel Pressured to Maintain Happiness Façade

Donna Freitas in her thought-provoking book The Happiness Effect, argues that the real downside of social media is that it demands fake happiness. She ...

Web Search Stats Show Our Real Thoughts

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a former data scientist at Google, used his data-analysis skills to learn what was really on Americans' minds. The result, ...

Angels Are Like Hummingbirds, You Have to Have Eyes to See Them

Scott McKnight writes in “The Hum of Angels”:

I was visiting a bird-supplies store when I mentioned to the owner that my wife and I had owned ...