Orangutan, Heal ThyselfScientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.
How Mexico Celebrates Cinco De MayoCinco de Mayo is only celebrated in some parts of Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the battle that it commemorates took place, and also in Mexico City, the country’s capital.
How to Avoid the ‘Panglossian Trap’ and Make Better Decisions Philosophers and social media posters can often be guilty of the same thing: over-simplifying ideas.
23 Summer Movies to Watch in 2024Alas, Barbenheimer is in the rearview—but there’s a whole new crop of summer movies waiting to take 2024 by storm. We’ve got popcorn flicks; we’ve got art house curiosities; we’ve got sequels, sequels, and sequels.
The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young CoderLee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. Then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable—for a long time, no one could make sense of it.
This Common Condition Can Damage Joints Long Before It’s DetectedIt may start as a twinge in your knee or hip when you get out of bed. Over time, that twinge may turn into persistent pain, swelling or reduced range of motion — signs of a condition called osteoarthritis.
How to advance in your career if your boss is disengagedTake a quick glance at your coworkers. Only one in three feels engaged at work, according to the latest figures from Gallup.
How To Clean a Washing MachineIf your washer gets heavy use, run through this cleaning cycle at least once every two weeks.
The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book CollectingLiterary treasures are too often hidden away from the public—but the world of private collecting isn’t all bad.
Can Scientific Thinking Save the World?Although it sounds like a premise for a joke, this was actually the origin of a unique collaboration between Nobel Prize–winning physicist Saul Perlmutter, philosopher John Campbell and the psychologist Rob MacCoun.
Many rural areas could soon lose cell serviceRural and Indigenous communities are at risk of losing cell service thanks to a 2019 law intended to strip US telecom networks of Chinese-made equipment.
Star Psychologist Adam Grant Says the Best Leaders Share These Contradictory TraitsWhat sets great leaders apart from everyone else? Strategic problem-solving skills, says Wharton organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant.
The Top 25 Life-Saving Survival SkillsFrom maintaining a positive mindset to knowing how to start a fire without matches, survival experts share their go-to advice for making the best of any bad situation in the wild
Jerry Seinfeld, Hacks, and the Future of Comedy in a Digital WorldOnce upon a time in Hollywood, Jon Favreau wrote a movie. It was called Swingers. It was about a group of twentysomething white dudes—played by Favreau, Vince Vaughn, and Ron Livingston—trying to make it as actors.
I Let TikTok Tell Me Where to Eat. Here’s What I Learned.TikTok is many things: a place for slime videos, a free therapy session, the leading source of information in America right now, and, for some, the ultimate restaurant resource.
America’s IVF FailureOne out of every 50 babies born in the U.S. was conceived via IVF. Why is the industry so poorly regulated? All of these things have happened in America. There’s no reason they won’t happen again.
How Did Home Cooking Become a Moral Issue?Three academics explain why we’ve put too much emphasis on family dinner.