For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps ...

is an English teacher who’s interested in the stories people tell themselves and what those reveal. After years of exploring different kinds of therapy, she found an unlikely source of insight in an ...

In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from ...

Why has the ‘learning styles’ theory persisted without any evidence? And what do we actually know about how we learn?

Abdullah Al-Salim Ellai was born on Socotra, a remote Yemeni island known for its exceptional wildlife diversity and striking coastlines. As Ellai tells it, when he was young, it was normal for locals ...

To be liked by others is often treated as a paramount aim. The quest for social approval begins in childhood, and it continues in a range of ways throughout the lifespan as people try to find their ...

Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We ...

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it ...

Atar Hadari arrived in England from Asia aged eight and trained as an actor before studying poetry and playwriting under Derek Walcott.

Karen G Lloyd is a microbial biogeochemist, focused on discovering and describing life inside Earth’s crust. She is the Wrigley professor of earth sciences, and marine and environmental biology, at ...