Blue Monday: The Most Depressing Day

With Christmas and New Year celebrations behind us, the cold, dark days of January can really get us down. January 16th has been dubbed by experts as ...

Google Lets Users Scrub Personal Info

Unless you’re Chuck Norris, Googling yourself is rarely a pleasant experience. Finding information that is confidential, intimately personal, or ...

Americans Well-Rested Only 3 Days a Week

If you’re waking up feeling more exhausted than when you fell asleep, you’re not alone. According to new research, the average American wakes ...

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: ...

New Year’s Resolution: Rediscover Boredom in the Smartphone Age

Smartphones have changed the way we inhabit public space and more specifically, how we fill our time while waiting. Consequently, day-dreaming, thinking, ...

Commemorative Ornament Depicts 2020 as Dumpster Fire

As 2020 draws to a close, much of humanity appears to agree that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has turned the year into chaos. One company is now selling ...

Optimists Live Longer

If you look on the bright side, you just might live longer—much longer, according to some upbeat new research. A new study finds women who characterize ...

Sheriff Struck by New Year’s Eve Celebratory Gunfire

Ohio Sheriff Matt Treglia was out in a cruiser on New Year’s Eve, trying to capture proof of the local tradition of celebratory gunfire. But as ...

We Give Up Our New Year's Resolution as Early as Mid-January

In a survey conducted by NPR and The Marist Poll last November, almost half of all American adults planned to make New Year’s resolutions. Leading ...

Ten Thousand Year Clock Promotes Long Term Thinking

Danny Hillis is a computer engineer and inventor who thinks all types of leaders should care more about the long-term future. He is so committed to that ...