Generations

Millennials are sharing how they used to get home before Uber, and it’s blowing young minds

Wholesome

Man walks home to his mom from the tip of South America. It took him 28 years.

Culture

A photographer asked strangers to smile. The before-and-after portraits are stunning.

Jay Weinstein’s project shows how differently we can read the same face moments apart.

Science

Scotland’s 3 mysterious parallel hillside roads weren’t built by humans. Even Darwin was puzzled.

Culture

A man went looking for a lost hammer. He found over 15,000 Roman coins instead.

Conservation

Engineers straightened a Florida river. Bringing back its bends helped bring back its wildlife.

Family

Parents who are estranged from their adult kids are likely to share the same personality trait 

Skills

Salvador Dalí used a peculiar nap trick to capture ideas. Scientists now think he was onto something.

Pop Culture

Roberta Flack, who was John Lennon’s neighbor, performed his signature song years after his death

People Skills

People expected to enjoy unfamiliar stories more. An experiment found the opposite.

Scientists needed a better way to monitor disappearing coral reefs. Seatrees and Samsung have found a solution that fits in one hand.

Science

Stanford researchers find a single question could be the key to changing someone’s mind

Archaeologists cracked the code on a 400-year-old lock found in the Ann Francis shipwreck

Making Sense of Science

Archaeologists cracked the code on a 400-year-old lock found in the Ann Francis shipwreck

They solved the first mystery. Now, what does the code mean?

Life Hacks

Experts explain 3 ways to apply ‘Hanlon’s Razor’ in everyday life. It might be a game-changer.

Never assume malice.

Pop Culture

Actress Kaia Gerber shares 11 books on grief that helped her heal after her brother’s death

Generations

Model Paulina Porizkova asks us to imagine a world where ‘older beauty’ is admired and respected

Wholesome

A stranded traveler stepped outside O’Hare for a cigar. He came back with a kitten and a problem.

Nostalgia

This unforgettable December 1964 performance from The Seekers is two minutes of musical perfection

The classic ‘two envelope problem’ riddle pits math against psychology
The two envelope problem presents a bit of a paradox, but it says a lot about human psychology.

Life Hacks

The classic ‘two envelope problem’ riddle pits math against psychology

On paper, the choice is obvious. But our brains say otherwise.

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Culture

What did ancient humans do all day before ‘work’ was invented? It wasn’t all about survival.

Scientists needed a better way to monitor disappearing coral reefs. Seatrees and Samsung have found a solution that fits in one hand.

Generations

After watching how Boomers retired ‘forward,’ Gen X is retiring ‘backward’

Conservation

Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good.

Culture

Abraham Lincoln’s iconic hat was an impulse purchase to ‘overcompensate’ for not feeling good enough