Travel Tips From The Man Who Has Visited Every Country On Earth And In Space
by Shubhransh Dixit: At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel… […]
The Breaking Point Is Here—Again
by Jason Parham: Tragedies converge, apocalypse colors the air, and digital realities no longer suffice. Eventually everything, and everyone, cracks… […]
Social Media Break Improves Mental Health, Study Suggests
Asking people to stop using social media for just one week could lead to significant improvements in their wellbeing, depression and anxiety and could, in the future… […]
Who was Rumi? Five Interesting Facts
There has been a lot of talk lately surrounding a possible movie which will tell the life story of 13th century Turkish-Persian mystic Rumi. […]
The Death Of ‘Mandatory Fun’ In The Office
by Kate Morgan: It is a truth universally acknowledged that there’s nothing better than a pizza party, except maybe an ice cream social. Field trips are super fun, too. And you can’t beat a good [...]
The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives
By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo.., […]
US Gun Violence Is A Health Crisis With Evidence-Based Solutions, Experts Plea
by Beth Mole: Doctors and researchers say the science is clear, and it’s long past time to act… […]
20 Questions to Ask Your Mother
by Christine Carter: Print this list for Mother’s Day—or for your next family dinner or gathering… […]
Two Gay Chinese Dads. One Long and Winding Trip to Fatherhood.
by Zeyi Yang: Their journey starts in a country where gay marriage and surrogacy are illegal, and spans four years, two continents, and hundreds of thousands of dollars—all to get a kid of their own… [...]
Back to Life, Back to Reality: How to Deal With Social Anxiety Now That You’re Out and About Again
by Malcolm Venable: Practical tips for dealing with the pressures of a “back to normal” world… […]
Letters from the Loneliest Post Office in the World
by Andrew Avery :A story of Antarctic adventure seekers, stamp collectors, politics, and penguins. […]
Breaking Fast
by Amanda Jurden: Visiting Istanbul during Ramadan, a non-Muslim traveler comes to understand the meaning behind the rituals… […]
James Bond: Witty one-liners go back to ancient times
by Andrew McClellan: At one point in the latest James Bond installment, “No Time To Die,” the henchman Primo has the upper hand on 007. But Bond has a wristwatch that can trigger an electromegnetic [...]
Oscars: The Most Controversial Acceptance Speeches In The History Of The Academy Awards
by Tim Brinkhof: Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry… […]
Bone Appétit: The Short and Happy History of Cookbooks for Dogs
by Alex Beggs: Cookbooks by renowned writers like Judith Jones and Susan Orlean show that great food isn’t just for humans… […]
How To Manage Your Anger At Work
by Liz Fosslien: After two years of navigating a global pandemic, tensions are high… […]
Don’t Insist On Being Positive – Allowing Negative Emotions Has Much To Teach Us
by Jamie Waters: Leaning into difficult feelings can help you find the way forward, according to a refreshing new wave of books, says Jamie Waters… […]
Why Being Anti-Science Is Now Part Of Many Rural Americans’ Identity
by Monica Potts: And why that will make communication around the next crisis so much more challenging… […]
Why People Can’t Stop Adding Lol To Texts
by Caleb Madison: It makes virtual communication feel more human… […]
Paul McCartney Recalls Time with Taylor Hawkins: “You Were a True Rock and Roll Hero”
With the surprising news of Taylor Hawkins’ death on Friday (March 25), many artists have expressed their sadness, from Machine Gun Kelly to Nancy Wilson… […]
Summoning the Recluse: Chinese Millennials Take Up the Hermit’s Life
Why some Chinese millennials are taking up the hermit’s life in the mountains. […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Epoch-Defining Spirituality of Nature
by Vincent Williams: Few and far between are writings that have power to shape a whole culture. […]
15 Travel Books That Will Change The Way You See The World
by Joni Sweet: The success of any great travel book can be measured not in awards, but in miles… […]
What Happened To Jon Stewart
by David Gordon: He is comedy royalty. But the world has changed since he was at the height of his powers… […]
Keening: The Irish Funeral Song
In this video you will learn about the Irish custom of ‘keening’, an anglicised form of the Gaelic word ‘caoineadh’ meaning to cry… […]
The Life Of A Supermodel Sounds Glamorous.
by Ainsley McWha: But I lived it — and it made me severely depressed… […]
Forget Marco Polo! The Real Origin of Spaghetti & Tomato Sauce
by Lewis Beale: We talked to author and Italian food scholar Massimo Montanari about his new book, “A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce,” and the real history of this staple… […]
The History Of Gospel Music
There is a stereotypical image of gospel music that modern culture continues to paint… […]
Jimmy Webb: ‘I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions’
by Jane Graham: The songwriting legend escaped the church, then found early success that led to a life of excess… […]
The Jokes That Have Made People Laugh For Thousands Of Years
By Matt Kenyon: The phrase “the old ones are the best ones” might not always be true. But some of the oldest jokes in history are still in use today… […]
How To Bully-Proof Your Kids For Life
by Joanna Moorhead: Arm your kids with the right tools, and you’ll empower them against bullies – and stop them becoming one themselves… […]
Emily Dickinson And The Creative ‘Solitude Of Space’
by Magdalena Ostas: When the American poet Emily Dickinson began an ongoing conversation with herself about her own inner world… […]
The Godfather: Have We Misunderstood America’s Greatest Film?
by Nicholas Barber: Fifty years after its premiere, Francis Ford Coppola’s classic gangster movie is still considered one of the greatest artworks made about the US, but have we overlooked a key element, asks Nicholas [...]
How to stay calm during a confrontation, according to an expert
by Aiden Wynn: Do you struggle to keep your emotions under control during arguments? […]
‘The Dots Were All There. We Just Couldn’t Connect Them.’
by Michele A. Berdy: One of the last American journalists in Moscow recounts how she — and her dog — escaped Russia as Putin’s new iron curtain fell… […]
Lesser Hippias
It seems impossible to separate by any exact line the genuine writings of Plato from the spurious. The only external evidence to them which is of much value is that of Aristotle; for the Alexandrian [...]
3 Love Language Pairings That Work Well Together
It’s a human instinct to love and want to be loved in return… […]
Why We Listen To Music With Lyrics We Don’t Understand
by Romano Santos: A musicologist and music therapist-in-training explain why the language of song lyrics doesn’t always matter… […]
The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society
by Neil Price: One of the most enduring components of the Viking image is the notion of freedom—the adventure of a far horizon and all that went with it… […]
Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work.
by Gail Cornwall: As one researcher put it, “Venting anger is like using gasoline to put out a fire…” […]
One Day in the Coldest Village on Earth | Yakutia
Documentary movie about life in Yakutia, the coldest inhabitant region on Earth. Here, daily life is a constant struggle against the freezing temperatures that can plummet to an astonishing negative 71 C… […]
The Big Idea: Is It Time To Stop Talking About ‘Nature Versus Nurture’?
by Lisa Feldman Barret: The latest science shows that genes and environment are too deeply entwined to pit them against one another… […]
Traditional Chinese Medicine Tricks to Help You Sleep Better
by Sally Gao: Not getting enough sleep can seriously affect our mood, concentration and health. Traditional Chinese Medicine offers some insight into treating insomnia and other sleep disorders… […]
Cultural Equity: Margaret Mead
by Laura Streeter: One of the giants of twentieth-century anthropology, cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78) was also a collaborator and great friend of Alan Lomax. […]
Margaret Mead Amongst the Natives of Great Britain*
by Peter Mandler: While anthropology is often thought of as the study of simple, homogeneous, so-called ‘primitive’ cultures, […]