Letting go of the bitterness you feel toward people who have hurt you — even if they don't deserve it and you'll never see them again — is good for your health.
If women don't conform to beauty expectations, they're paid less.
I'm a former smoker who misses the idleness and so-called social benefits of smoking.
How to form a new habit and break a bad habit, like starting to exercise, eating healthy or cutting back on drinking alcohol.
Margaret Atwood's sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" raises the possibility that individuals, with suitable luck, bravery, and cleverness, can fight back. But can they?
We round up some of the best instances where performers broke character during a comedy sketch and cracked up.
My fantasy was to escape from the corporate grind. After a taste of freedom and months of hare-brained schemes, I begged to be captured again.
Remove yourself from the tyranny of endless self-improvement.
From "Fifty Shades" to "Veronica Mars," the last decade brought major changes to fandom culture.
We researched why people were reluctant to talk about medical debt, and designed an outreach strategy based on what we learned.
Here are four reasons America's addiction treatment system is broken.
After looking through a series of profiles, women attempt to pick men from a lineup based on their dating profiles.
Ironic Capitals and strettttchedddd
out words have allowed us to communicate our feelings in writing like never before.
On New Year's resolutions and why you don't need to make them.
In "The Great Pretender," Susannah Cahalan explores a landmark study that helped to change the way we judge sanity.
New years make me very anxious, but thinking about the good stuff to come helps me cope.
As we head into a new year, and start a new decade, here's a look at how the world got a little more complicated this year.
A Google form I set up has given me disturbing new insights into humanity in all its filth, says B3ta.com co-founder Rob Manuel.
According to the scientists who study it, being bored is actually great for your brain — as long as you approach it the right way.
The household economy of cooking, cleaning, mending, washing, and grocery shopping has arguably changed more in the past 100 years than the American factory or the modern office. And its evolution tells an illuminating story about why, no matter what work we do, we never seem to have enough time. In the 20th century, labor-saving household technology improved dramatically, but no labor appears to have been saved.
A conversation with theoretical physicist and bestselling author of "The Order of Time," Carlo Rovelli.
A recap of the 2010s, told in three parts. In part two, Obama's second term: an era of new voices, new controversies and new shades of pink.
And all the other anxieties of grown-up loneliness.
Speed is not a business strategy in and of itself. And it can be dangerous, especially for big businesses.
Understanding the Internet through Brexit, Jia Tolentino's "Trick Mirror," Russian politics and a sci-fi book from the 1930s.
Ali Soloman illustrates a humorous set on scenarios where a woman feigns being impressed in conversation.
"In a day and age where people don't really know or speak to their neighbors it was really nice for them to break down that barrier," said the dog's owner.
"No, I won't schedule meetings for Q2, thanks."
From the Automat to Sweetgreen Outpost, grabbing a bite during the workday has long sacrificed human contact and flavor to value and efficiency.
ASMR is a phenomenon that produces shivers of pleasure in response to sound, while misophonia triggers negative reactions so intense it can ruin lives. Scientists are now realizing they have a lot in common.
"They say it's a drill on the loudspeaker, most of the time, but they might be lying just to make sure you're not going to panic."
We were promised community, civics, and convenience. Instead, we found ourselves dislocated, distrustful, and disengaged.
Living in a large city, I sometimes observe behavior that I find dangerous and/or abusive on the street, but as a young woman I hesitate to intervene, afraid of putting myself in harm's way.
Male researchers are more likely than women to use "novel" and other flattering terms to promote their studies.
Sarah Miller describes what it felt like to lose her beloved wallet, an object she bought to distract herself from far worse problems.
For years you've flown without issue — no breathing exercises, no pills — but suddenly you can't board without picturing catastrophe.
These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD.
Social media may be riddled with harassment and abuse, but it's also become a safe and encouraging space to be fragile.
I always said that when my time came I'd want to go fast. But where's the fun in that?
Businesses have turned to drastic new toilet designs to stop workers spending almost half an hour on the porcelain throne.
Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is "gay" and still can't cry — and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity.
Bureaucracy, uncertainty and a secret list of doctors.
Jia Tolentino writes about how social media, FaceTune and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look among celebrities during the past decade.
It's easy to forget how TV is this big background hum in the lives of most people, which makes it easy to miss how it shapes our lives. But we forget that at our own peril.
Cracking a political joke could land a person in the Gulag — but it could also make life under Stalin more bearable.
My toughness got me everything in life I cared about, until I fell in love and had to rethink everything.
Americans with cellphones went into a recession and came out the other side with a new communication style.
Online reviews offer me the hope of making an informed decision, but there are so many of them I can't make any decisions at all.
The past decade had a lot of pieces that should have been left unpublished. These are just a few of them.
Arrestees who are mentally incompetent to stand trial are supposed to be sent for treatment. But thousands are being warehoused in jails for months without a conviction.
Despite the director's plea not to watch his new De Niro movie on the super-small screen, new parents are left with no choice.
The hard problem, David Chalmers calls it: why are the physical processes of the brain "accompanied by an experienced inner life?"
Christmas-themed pop-up bars are spreading good cheer and booze during the holidays. Eater dives into why.
For some kids, the weekly trash pickup is a must-see spectacle. Here are theories about why that is.
We're all familiar with the spinning wheels and progress bars that signify when our electronic devices are "working," but are they making us fall for the labor illusion?
This is supposed to be a joke list, but it's actually alarmingly accurate?
More people than ever say they're feeling pressured to look and be the best. It's taking a toll.
When I married my wife, her enemies became my enemies, including rude dogs, sexist co-workers, bad neighbors and friends' exes.
On competitive running, exactness and finding permission to be myself.
That's true friendship.
