Pocket’s Top-Saved Stories of March 2024

The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.

Happiness and general well-being are not about money, but they do have something to do with a wallet.

Can a late convert to wellbeing undo decades of beer and barbecues? In the first of a new series, Phil Daoust has a health MOT – and gets some worrying news about his heart.

Wi-Fi was coined in 1999 by the same marketing company that came up with the name Prozac.

Find out when it’s your time for the glasses and hearing aid. Time is undefeated.

Researchers are documenting a phenomenon that seems to help the dying, as well as those they leave behind.

Plus, the sneaky reason we communicate this way in the first place.

For the last six years, Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world. I've lived here most of my life, and as a psychologist and happiness researcher, I'm often asked: what exactly makes people in Finland so satisfied with their lives?

There’s a hidden setting that makes searches more precise.

You can outgrow an allergy as you age—or develop a new one.

“What a wild thing to say out loud.”

To “spring forward” is more damaging to our health than to “fall back,” according to some surprising science.

Tibetan Buddhist wisdom you can use.

A Brooklyn couple got a call from relatives who were being held ransom. Their voices—like many others these days—had been cloned.

Could freaky barnacles do what advanced technology couldn’t — find the missing plane?

Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for almost 20 years, but the myth persists.

A recruiter for the ultrarich on the upsides — and dark sides — of a notoriously secretive industry.

Here’s how to structure your days, so that you’re setting yourself up for a long and healthy life.

A guide to having actually interesting conversations with strangers.

An emergency revealed the truth.

Inside the life of a sociopath, the case for protecting your mental privacy, and how to lower your blood pressure—without meds.