World's Quietest Spot Will Drive You Nuts

Everybody seems to be looking for a little peace and quiet these days. But even such a reasonable idea can go too far. The quietest place on earth, an ...

The Untapped Power of Smiling

We're actually born smiling. 3-D ultrasound technology now shows that developing babies appear to smile even in the womb. After they're born, ...

Decline in Sleeping Hours Reduces Productivity

According to Charles Czeisler, the chief of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, over the past five decades ...

Shh! The Quietest Square Inch in America

In our frantic world we're always on the lookout for a quiet place to get away from the hustle and bustle and disconnect from the connectivity. Gordon ...

Satire of a Man Who Almost Enjoyed Himself

The satirical site The Onion ran the following fictitious story titled "Man On Cusp Of Having Fun Suddenly Remembers Every Single One Of His Responsibilities." ...

The Need to Fill Our Bicycle Tires (Souls)

Editor's Note: Tell this illustration as a story or as a prop illustration by using an actual bicycle or a bike tire.

On a recent bike trip it wasn't ...

Dying Man Longed for Work-Life Balance

After his inoperable brain cancer was diagnosed, Eugene O'Kelly, the 53-year-old CEO of a major accounting firm, wrote a guidebook on how to die. ...

You Snooze You Lose

The busyness of life has propelled many of us to get more rest. It's often a case of survival in the midst of unrelenting pressure. Research studies ...

Doctor Identifies New Epidemic—Busyness

Dr. Susan Koven practices internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. In a Boston Globe column, she wrote:

In the past few years, I've observed ...

Study Shows Cell Phone Separation Anxiety

Researchers from the University of Missouri wanted to know how subjects behaved when parted from their iPhones, so they recruited 208 students for a survey ...