Research on how we perceive the rate of change shows how you can be strategic about goal tracking and boost your motivation ...

What contagious crying, comforting hugs and other cute behaviour in infants tells us about the roots of emotional connection ...

A lot of people think they know how to sharpen pencils, but… they don’t.’ A guide to doing it right, by an artisanal pro ...

For the men and boys of the Dom community in Varanasi, sacred cremations demand a lifetime of exhausting, dangerous labour ...

In my work as a psychotherapist, I often encounter clients who find it hard to make sense of themselves, appealing to ...

Research suggests that people who express their gratitude more effusively are judged as lower status and less influential ...

All of this is only mine through you.’ Time and identity collapse in a trans poet’s evocative message to her former self ...

Studies of longterm friends offer surprising insights as to whether friends who are more or less alike tend to endure Bring to mind the friendships in your life: what do you think makes some of them ...

Distinguish your feelings from your thoughts If you tend to take things too personally, it’s important to recognise your patterns of personalisation or mind reading before deciding what to do with ...

Pseudophilosophy can result from simple misunderstanding or wilful obscurity. The cure is basic critical thinking skills ...

How to find your voice Do you sometimes feel silenced or afraid to speak up? Learn to use your natural voice and be heard for who you really are by Sophie Scott ...

The idea that AI can be conscious is a mistake. It’s just a very shiny mirror of humanity, reflecting what we want to see According to the best-known version of his story, the young Boeotian hunter ...