What does it really mean when you say of an individual that they are so transformed as to be a ‘different person’? What changes can a human undergo without becoming someone different? For example, if ...

Material possessions can be powerfully alluring – whether it’s buying new stuff we don’t need or can’t afford, or holding on to things for way too long. At the extremes, these inclinations can become ...

When John came to McLean Hospital for treatment, most of our team was convinced he would kill himself. As a middle-aged white man with severe and chronic depression, significant physical pain, easy ...

Screens and social media get the blame, but the real problem lies in how we measure intelligence in the first place ...

The inevitability of ageing stood out to me in a series of incidents. Some friends from college were on their way over for a weekend visit, and I decided to grab a glass of water before they arrived.

Religious faith promotes a sense of meaning in life – and it might take more than ‘social glue’ to duplicate the effect One possible explanation has to do with the way religion tends to act like ...

Since the AIDS pandemic, the LGBTQ+ community has been reinventing funerary rituals to better reflect the way people lived ...

Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known reputation as a philosophical provocateur is partly the result of his commitment to disabusing his readers of a variety of beliefs: their beliefs in a higher purpose, ...

After their plane crashed into the sea, a pilot and his wingwalker get back up in the air and learn to love flying again ...

Accusations of racism in politics long predate the current era. But, by the beginning of the 21st century, they tended to revolve around what were often described as coded phrases or ‘dogwhistles’.

Do you feel blah? Not exactly suffering, but lacking interest and excitement? Do your days feel like a monotonous toil, akin to toothbrushing, but stretched over the entire day: same routines, same ...

‘If I ask someone out and get rejected again, that’s it. I’m done forever. Last time I tried and failed, it shut me down for years. If it happens again, I would not be able to handle it.’ I was ...