How do you argue with your family in a productive way? How can you make sure your own belief system is serving you properly? Holly Baxter speaks with psychologists who explain why our brains are wired ...

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency is rescinding the legal finding that it has relied on for nearly two decades to limit the heat-trapping pollution ...

We all struggle with self-control sometimes. We tell ourselves only one more piece of chocolate, one more glass of wine, one more episode of a binge-worthy series before bed, but then carry on ...

More than 100 years ago, IQ (intelligence quotient) established what it means to be intelligent. Then came along EQ, which broadened the meaning with emotional intelligence. Both were helpful ...

The presence of AI in the business world is both ubiquitous and ambiguous. In fact, McKinsey reports that 88% of organizations have incorporated some form of AI into at least one of their business ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability thought to be uniquely ...

Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re ...

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Ricky J. Sethi has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Google and Amazon. Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ricky J. Sethi, Fitchburg State University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute (THE ...