Say you’re mingling at a cocktail party, networking event, singles mixer or church reception. Some exchanges are pleasant enough. Others are taxing, if not downright painful. Then you get lucky and ...

Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on ...

You're back in school and suddenly have to take a test, despite not having been present to learn any of the material. Your teeth are suddenly falling out. You run into an acquaintance you haven't seen ...

Remember when you were a child and your parents would tell you to do something, and you would ask “why?” Let’s ask Trump, “Why are you" sending troops into blue cities where crime is down but not into ...

From the macabre stories of Edgar Allen Poe to Jordan Peele's award-winning filmography, horror has a long history of evoking jump scares and nightmares from its audiences. Yet despite the genre’s ...

Nike is reframing its iconic tagline, “Just Do It,” in a new campaign, “Why Do It?,” per a press release. The campaign was created by longtime agency partners Wieden+Kennedy Portland. The campaign ...

Leaders should routinely challenge themselves and their team by routinely asking, “why not?” It can help you (and them) to discover radical solutions to complex problems. Don’t give up on ideas you ...

Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why. By Dani Blum Covid cases are climbing again this summer. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

John Drury received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (reference ES/N01068X/1). Some of the work described here was funded by the Behavioural Research UK Leadership Hub, which is ...