Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful ...

Formality: roughly, how formal and public a relationship is vs informal and private; Activeness: how close and involved vs distant; Exchange: how much it involves trading concrete resources like money ...

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

Motivation is notoriously fickle. Here’s why having more fun in the moment helps you stick with your goals for the long haul ...

What to do Meditate on birdsong My favourite way to listen to birdsong does not require any special knowledge or equipment. You simply sit, stand or walk somewhere birds are audible, open your ears ...

Key points – Your 10-step plan for achieving a creative breakthrough Hit an impasse! That moment when you feel you have exhausted all conventional ways of solving a problem is the most critical ...

But somewhere around 2020, the COVID-19 era changed all that for many of us, making what to wear at work a stressful predicament. (If you work in a role that requires a uniform, then you probably ...

This scene unfolded during the summer as my family was car-camping with friends and relatives at Castle Falls Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. My younger, more cynical self would have called it a ...

In the Allegory of the Cave, we have a transition from blindness to seeing, from pain and bewilderment to beholding a sudden, overwhelming light. A total reconceptualisation of reality confronts the ...

My classmates’ parents (and even my teachers) argued with me about whether their food was actually unsafe and insisting I try it anyway My first allergic reaction happened when I was one. Given a ...