Why Your Democracy Is Failing You

Just when you think society’s screwed, this guy comes along and tells us how to fix it. At 1:20, he tells us something we love’s been broken. At 2:10, he tries to empathize with our loss. At 3:26, he makes us sad again. But at 4:35, he tells us a story that gives us hope.

Science

Happiness researcher reveals the ‘enduring’ secret to being happy in the second half of life

Science

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

Science

1 in 10 people have such unusual personality trait combinations that researchers call them ‘mutants’

Culture

Michael J. Fox saw Harrison Ford’s Parkinson’s acting on ‘Shrinking,’ and immediately reached out