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Social scientists have long documented the ‘warm glow’ of altruism, a good feeling that comes from doing a good deed. But ...

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Research on how we perceive the rate of change shows how you can be strategic about goal tracking and boost your motivation ...

Growing up in the early 2000s, the US filmmaker Sue Ding was exposed to a seemingly endless procession of makeover montages in Hollywood films. Think of Sandra Bullock’s transformation from FBI agent ...

Remarkable and inspiring stories from individuals who have overcome challenges and created distinctive lives for themselves.

Shame swamps any redeeming traits you might have thought you had. Slow down to interrupt the loops that cause self-hatred ...

Most cults don’t make the headlines. Here’s how to identify, and avoid, control by psychologically coercive social groups ...

How do you move through the world? With a plan and destination in mind, headphones or a car stereo drowning out the world, perhaps? In this short film, the filmmaker Mykhailo Bogdanov makes a ...

Material possessions can be powerfully alluring – whether it’s buying new stuff we don’t need or can’t afford, or holding on to things for way too long. At the extremes, these inclinations can become ...