How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

The Wall Street Journal reports that Adrian Ward, a cognitive psychologist and marketing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has been studying ...

Pilots Say Turbulence Feels Worse than it is

Patrick Smith, a commercial airline pilot who flies Boeing 757 and 767, has noticed that flyers' number one anxiety is turbulence. So much about it ...

We Have Entered the New Age of Anxiety

Sarah Fader, a social media consultant in Brooklyn who has generalized anxiety disorder, texted a friend in Oregon about an impending visit, and when ...

The Unlikely Family in a Canadian Bird Sanctuary

High up in a tree in British Columbia's Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, six birds are sharing a nest: specifically, two bald eagles, their ...

Too Busy? Take a 'Shultz Hour.'

New York Times columnist David Leonhardt says we all need to take a regular "Shultz Hour." Leonhardt explains:

When George Shultz was Secretary ...

The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time

Recent studies are showing that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive ...

Happiness Obsession Has Failed To Deliver On Its Promise

In the late eighties and early nineties, there were several hundred studies about happiness published each year; by 2014, there were over 10,000 per year. ...

Children and Adults Really Are Afraid of the Same Things

The Huffington Post ran a short article about fear. It featured a series of comics depicting common fears that children have alongside similar fears held ...

Artist Transforms Weapons of War

Pedro Reyes, an artist from Mexico City, transforms weapons discarded by the Mexican army for his project called "Disarm." So far he has transformed ...

When Healthy Eating Isn't a Match for Stress

Yes, we all know we should eat healthy. But even the healthiest of diets can meet their match in an all-too-familiar enemy: stress.

A study published in ...