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 When you think about serendipity, you likely think of strokes of good luck that happen entirely by ...

As you grow older, your body grows stiffer. It gets harder to bend, to stretch, to contort yourself into ...

 When you think about ancient Greek tragedies, you probably think about people in togas spouting ...

During a season of intense stress in history, Carwood Lipton, an elite World War II paratrooper from the ...

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

 Humans like starting new things much more than taking care of older things. This is true on both an ...

Before there was politics, there was sex and love, games and sports, spirituality and art, glory and ...

When we typically think about learning, we tend to think about being in a structured school, and doing it ...

When a young C.S. Lewis would gaze out the windows of his nursery, the landscape of green hills in the ...

One of the things that makes the James Bond books better than the James Bond films, is that while the ...

Everyone hopes to find good mentors in life -- folks who shape your character, point you down positive ...

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

 The kitchen of a busy restaurant can be a chaotic, frenetic environment. But the best chefs create a ...

 We typically think of fear as a negative emotion. Something that feels terrible, and not only keeps us ...

“I want to be liked. I want to be loved. I want to be recognized. I want to be a success. I want to win. ...

Editor's note: This is a guest post by Ben Aldridge.  Several years ago, I found myself in a dark ...

 In an age where endless streams of data, options, and information are available, it can feel like every ...

During WWII, it could take a soldier two weeks to get home, with days spent slowly traveling by ship ...

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

There’s a giant vacuum nozzle that hangs over your head day and night. Manufactured by  Some Day ...