1. Wile li ijo pi selo waso – literally: ‘Desire is a thing with bird skin.’ Wile covers want, need, desire, longing, and ...

It’s no small task to live a life of sustained attention. So slow down, and give your brain a break to do its work It wasn’t until I moved to the desert that I noticed the rain. Pregnant dark clouds ...

These are not the kind of events that disrupt the course of your life. But they are all annoying, and sometimes bothersome enough that they could set the tone for the rest of your day. Annoying ...

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A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

How did humans create the earliest words? Iconic vocal sounds, which match form and meaning, likely played a key role Language gives us the power to describe, virtually without limit, the countless ...

In 392 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I outlawed one of the oldest and most well-established mystery cults in the Greek-speaking world, the Eleusinian Mysteries, which had taken place for more than ...

Hope is indispensable. But when false hope blinds us to reality, a short bout of despair might be the antidote we need ...

There’s a way to recall past encounters with your fears that could help you feel more confident facing them in future ...

A criminal investigation is a complex, multifaceted problem-solving challenge. Detectives must make critical decisions rapidly – sometimes involving life and death, based on limited information in a ...

Humans grow up with a powerful drive to learn how things work and why certain patterns and properties exist in the world. Wonder, a word with multiple related meanings, has one sense that captures ...

People living in Western nations today can expect to live a considerably longer life, on average, than 100 years or so ago. The dramatically shorter average life expectancies of the past were skewed ...