Being ghosted can feel shocking. But we need to get used to it because there’s no other way to cope with our world ...

Understanding the intuitive power of the word ‘natural’ could help inform choices about what to eat or what to do when ill ...

Destructive and beautiful all at once – an artist on the spectrum captures the ‘souls’ of machines from an Alaskan cabin ...

Talking out loud to oneself is a technology for thinking that allows us to clarify and sharpen our approach to a problem This week, a woman was strolling in my street, walking in circles and speaking ...

‘A lot of people think they know how to sharpen pencils, but… they don’t really.’ Such is the view of David Rees, a self-styled ‘artisanal pencil-sharpener’ who, at the time of this short film’s ...

What if, alongside scheduling appointments, meetings, and social events in your calendar, you started to allocate specific times just to be by yourself – to enjoy solitude? I propose this thought ...

To some, the idea of leaving a religion can seem as innocuous as cancelling a gym membership. However, for many who have left a faith tradition, the reality is much more complicated. As a psychologist ...

The pursuit of happiness is many people’s primary goal in life, and a subject that’s occupied countless philosophers and psychologists over the millennia. It is usually painted as an effortful and ...

I’ve cut brains in half, excised tumours – even removed entire lobes. The illusion of the self and free will survives it all In 1921, the illusionist P T Selbit performed a magic trick that has since ...

So often people claim ‘I didn’t mean to’, yet they fail to realise that plagiarism is more like speeding than theft Most college professors have had to deal with plagiarised papers from their students ...

Sophists like Protagoras used the rhetoric of antilogic to escape from the illusion of truth and make room for uncertainty In Syracuse, 2,500 years ago, there was a famous teacher of rhetoric named ...

True crime podcasts turn violence against women into a form of entertainment. Why do so many female listeners enjoy them? After a gruesome introduction to the true crime podcast Crime Junkie, I ...