Olga Khazan

Studies show that for most types of cognitively demanding tasks, anything but quiet hurts performance. When silence and ...

This article was originally published on www.theatlantic.com. 

The researchers at the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab maintain a list of people who have done something fairly ...

Hey brah, what's your favorite energy drink? Red Bull? Monster? Rock Star? Male Gaze?  If so, you might ...

At its best, work is like a semi-challenging level of Super Mario World. It's hard enough to be ...

The advice, "Stop worrying! Stress is bad for you" is true, but as with a lot of health ...

A study published recently in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice found that it's harder for adults today to maintain the ...

The elder Bennett is a psychiatrist and American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow. His daughter is a comedy writer. ...

A brain-imaging study out today from the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology supports the theory that it might be testosterone ...

People who are starting a rigorous new exercise regimen might be told (and tell themselves) to "keep their ...

When David Rand first established his Human Cooperation Lab at Yale University Rand's research center , he was ...

 The food-advertising director Gus Filgate is creating a series of short films that reproduce the last meals of noteworthy individuals. ...

In some European countries, women get luxurious maternity leave, steeply discounted daycare, and flexible working hours so they ...

When babies encounter a new object, their method of making its acquaintance tends to involve banging it against ...

In their darkest moments, people occasionally say "my best years are behind me." The problem is, people say ...

Over a decade ago, psychologist Barry Schwartz published what might be the ultimate psychological life-hacking tome, The Paradox of Choice: ...

A Reddit user recently polled 562 people and found that most men said they showered daily. Women's bathing rituals were ...

The American Heart Association's recommended diet is one of the most effective food plans out there. It's also one of ...

Many universities have performance choirs, but the one at Morley College, an adult- education school in London, has ...

There's something so uniquely soothing and satisfying about seeing these women (it's mostly women—male dancers are usually too ...

The greatest aphrodisiac, according to pop culture, is to be told never to change. Everyone from Bobby Vinton ...

Scientists in Russia are proposing that there are actually four chronotypes: In addition to early and late risers, ...

This year, a few pure souls might celebrate a freegan Christmas. Some will opt for a "Buy-Nothing" holiday. ...

Sixty pounds is roughly the weight of four adult-sized bowling balls. Or six plastic grocery bags worth of ...

Buffalonians are struggling to dig themselves out of five feet of snow this morning. Danish tourists in Atlanta ...

At a drab community center on Chicago's West side, there's a room where families sit around idly. Unemployment ...

"Goodbye world," wrote Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman suffering from an aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, ...