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What It’s Like to Be a Sociopath

“Just because I don’t care about you doesn’t mean I want to cause you more pain,” says Patric Gagne, author of a new memoir about her sociopathy.

Can These Seven Tips Help You Become a ‘Supercommunicator’?

What I learned after embarking on a week-long experiment using Charles Duhigg’s zippy psychology cum self-help book Supercommunicators to improve my conversational skills.

7 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Medication

These tweaks to your daily routine can make a huge dent in your numbers.

The Happy Way to Drop Your Grievances

Grumbling about something can feel as if it offers relief, but it spreads misery. Here’s how to break the habit and make everyone happier.

Your Brain Needs a Really Good Lawyer

Can new legislation protect us from the companies building tech to read our minds?

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger [Week of 2/24]

I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

The Carry-On-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop [Week of 2/24]

Airplanes aren’t made for this much luggage

I’m a Neurologist. Here’s the One Thing I Do Every Day for My Long-Term Brain Health [Week of 2/24]

If you’re worried about cognitive decline, add this to your routine.

The Text File That Runs the Internet [Week of 2/24]

As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

You’re Fighting With Your Partner All Wrong [Week of 2/24]

Famous marriage therapists on how to do it right.

I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess [Week of 2/17]

Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins just yet.

His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him. [Week of 2/17]

Austin Riley spent decades raising exotic animals in the Texas Hill Country. The animal he thought he knew best changed his life forever.

The Paradox of Stay-at-Home Parents [Week of 2/17]

American society is largely built around the assumption that one parent will stay home. So why is there so little material support for homemakers?

What You Can Learn From Regret [Week of 2/17]

Forming a healthy relationship with regret means learning to look it in the face.

10 Ways to Make a Bowl of Plain Oatmeal Taste So Much Better [Week of 2/17]

End your breakfast rut while you get your fiber fix.

Your Appendix Is Not, in Fact, Useless. This Anatomy Professor Explains [Week of 2/10]

A sudden appendectomy as a child made Heather Smith curious about what the appendix is for and why it gets inflamed. Now as an anatomy researcher, she’s finding answers.

Your Phone Is Not Listening to You [Week of 2/10]

The tech myth has pervaded all corners of society, but its origins show it was never true to begin with.

A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld [Week of 2/10]

After Zac Brettler mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his grieving parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son. Would the police help them solve the puzzle of his death?

How AI Is Quietly Changing Everyday Life [Week of 2/10]

And what Washington is doing about it behind the scenes.

No, Aliens Haven’t Visited the Earth [Week of 2/10]

No, aliens haven’t visited the Earth. Why are so many smart people insisting otherwise?

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