We like to think we are the lead actors in our lives, but we’re often just reading lines from a shadow script written by our past selves.

What to pay attention to, the kinds of schedules to follow, and what you don’t need to worry about at all. Credit...Aart-jan Venema Supported by By Melinda Wenner Moyer This guide was originally ...

Plenty of our childhoods had at least one math teacher who made the (ultimately erroneous) claim that we needed to learn to do math because we wouldn’t always have a calculator in our ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the origins of life and mind in one fell swoop ...

Emotion regulation is the ability to exert control over one’s own emotional state. It may involve behaviors such as rethinking a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, hiding visible signs ...

Back in the 1980s, your options for writing your own code and games were rather more limited than today. This also mostly depended on what home computer you could get your hands on, which was a ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wrestled with my own thoughts and feelings about identity. Why am I, David, the person I am? How changeable is that? Where do those thoughts and feelings come from ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition, and ...

Two-bin inventory control provides a method by which companies are internally flagged when items they need for production are ...

For years, Jim Sexton has led financial-education classes at a local library. He’s often struck by gaps in attendees’ knowledge of retirement planning. “Very few people understand what they need to ...

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

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