When asked what a child needs to thrive, we could each come up with a long list, across which there would likely be a lot of commonalities. A loving home life. Nutritional nourishment. Good schools.

Most people, most of the time, navigate reality without giving it a second thought. We move through our lives with a sense of flow and integration. The big questions of philosophy and existentialism ...

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

Have you ever had a decent conversation in a lift? If not, join the club – being in a lift with a stranger is a universally awkward experience. One reason is the typical duration of a lift journey – ...

One of the first things I learnt to say in Dutch was ‘we beat them to death with sticks’. Not exactly standard fare for the first week of language classes, but then again this wasn’t an ordinary ...

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

A few years ago, Jessica Pan – a young journalist living in London and with the world at her feet – found herself at a low point. Life had become predictable and samey. ‘I realised that I was using ...

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

When our self-respect, status and social identity are threatened, we ought to defend ourselves and shame our wrongdoers ...

Research on the common strategies used to deal with emotions suggests their usefulness differs from culture to culture ...

Between burnout and bore-out, there lies an optimal level of stress that can motivate you and enhance your performance ...

Chatbots make us feel uniquely seen and heard, but then the ‘empathy gap’ kicks in and the relationship turns sour ...