People with a richer vocabulary for their inner life have measurably lower rates of depression — not because they feel less, but because they...
Understanding Emotional Granularity and Its Impact on Mental Health
Imagine two individuals leaving a challenging meeting. The first person simply notes feeling “bad,” a broad...
Psychology suggests that people who feel drawn to the ocean aren’t just being sentimental: research on “blue spaces” finds that time near water is...
The Subtle Power of Blue Spaces: Why Water Draws Us In
The pull of the ocean is often dismissed as mere romance or nostalgia. Many...
A film about the founding of OpenAI was written, cast, directed by Luca Guadagnino, test-screened to warm reviews, and then quietly shelved by the...
The Complex Journey of “Artificial”: When Editorial Independence Meets Corporate Interests
There are two ways to look at the story behind the film Artificial. On...
In 1957, a stray dog named Laika was strapped into Sputnik 2 and launched into orbit about a week after being plucked off the...
The Urgent Mission to Launch Laika
In mid-October 1957, the Soviet space program received an urgent directive: build a satellite capable of carrying a living...
A Georgia Tech team scanned more than 100 people at rest and found that those who reported more frequent mind-wandering in daily life tended...
Rethinking Mind-Wandering in the Workplace: A Nuanced Perspective
The default view of mind-wandering at work is straightforward: an employee whose attention drifts is a source...