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Anyone who's ever tried to lose weight, curb their temper, quit smoking, or alter any other habit in their ...

“Hair of the dog” refers to solving a problem using the same element that caused it. The expression ...

Of the dozens of men who have served as US president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a particularly close ...

People sometimes ask me what I think of video games. I think that, in moderation, they're a fine source of ...

One of the most difficult existential questions is why bad things happen to good people, especially if ...

"I need your John Hancock." "He's the prodigal son of our family." "That job was like working in the ...

In the 19th century, scientists conducted dissections on live animals to study their living anatomy. Known ...

In 2016, David Sax wrote a book called The Revenge of Analog, which made the case that even as we marched ...

Over the years, I've tried to implement various morning and evening routines. The goal of these ...

You've heard of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But did you know that its author, ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower started smoking cigarettes in his junior year at West Point. He would soon begin ...

When Kate was growing up, her grandfather often told her that when he was serving on a Navy ship during ...

Once you know someone's political party, you can probably guess all kinds of other things about them: the ...

In the 80s and 90s, few sports stars loomed as large as Bo Jackson. A Kansas City ...

There are two parts of the mind: the conscious and the unconscious. While the former dominates your ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

You probably brushed your teeth this morning. And will do so tonight. And 730 more times in the year to ...

A lot of people feel dissatisfied about how they spend their time. They often feel busy, but that busyness ...

To reach your desk lamp, the electricity that’s made at a generating station must travel along ...

As long as humans have existed, we've had to choose between our lower and higher desires — between what ...