Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful ...

Formality: roughly, how formal and public a relationship is vs informal and private; Activeness: how close and involved vs distant; Exchange: how much it involves trading concrete resources like money ...

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

Motivation is notoriously fickle. Here’s why having more fun in the moment helps you stick with your goals for the long haul ...

Guide Learn to tune into birdsong – respite and fascination await Listening deeply to the sounds of birds is a powerful form of meditation and a first step towards a rewarding new hobby by David M ...

Key points – Your 10-step plan for achieving a creative breakthrough Hit an impasse! That moment when you feel you have exhausted all conventional ways of solving a problem is the most critical ...

Until a few years ago, deciding what to wear to work was relatively simple. If you worked in an office, you probably had a clear dress code. Whether documented formally in an employee handbook lurking ...

is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. He teaches classes in animal behaviour, animal communication, decision-making and science ...

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 ...

Living with a deadly food allergy, I’ve discovered staying safe involves navigating other people’s doubts and expectations ...