19+ hour, 28+ min ago   (213+ words) Many people get nervous in social situations because they don’t know how to start conversations or make small talk. They overthink things to the point of social paralysis. Others miss the mark at parties or when meeting new people because…...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (169+ words) Curiosity goes a lot further than we might think. The diversity of humanity means people won’t always see eye to eye, and psychology tells us that people tend to double down when their views are challenged. When people are so…...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (506+ words) Don’t worry. Be happy. Happiness researcher Dr. Arthur Brooks says that one of the most important things people can do as they enter the second half of their life is to focus on internal well-being rather than satisfying all of…...

23+ hour, 26+ min ago   (422+ words) Take life by the bucket. We live in a society that prizes ambition, celebrating goal-setting, and hustle culture as praiseworthy vehicles on the road to success. We also live in a society that associates successfully getting whatever our hearts desire…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (653+ words) These major outliers break all the standard models. There are a lot of personality tests out there, and we humans are endlessly fascinated by them. There are the ones popular in pop-psychology like Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram. There are highly…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (336+ words) Dumping trash into the ocean seems like a bad idea, right? Wrong. Between 2007 and 2024, Florida attempted to rebuild the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem in an unusual way: dumping over 500,000 tons of recycled oyster and clam shells straight back into the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (446+ words) Make a lasting impression in every chat. Making friends and developing deeper, stronger relationships starts with good conversation. Sometimes that means small talk at work, while other times it’s the kind of conversation that really takes off at a party....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (491+ words) You’re not an introvert. You’re not an extrovert. You’re not even really an ambivert. So what are you? So many of us have the desire to compartmentalize our personality traits into neat little boxes. “Oh, she’s such an INFJ. Oh,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (302+ words) It’s not that you don’t care. Is there anything more embarrassing than when you leave a party and say goodbye to someone you just met, and you can’t remember their name? It’s even worse if they remembered yours. The implications…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (293+ words) A cameraman waited 17 hours in freezing cold to capture this unbelievable polar bear shot. “This is the most incredible perspective of a polar bear that I’ve ever seen—down to the way the ice, water, and bubbles frame the bear’s…...