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In Order to Defeat a Toddler, You Must Think Like a Toddler

Three-year-olds are stubborn, irrational, and endlessly frustrating. But in a world obsessed with optimization and order, writes Vince Mancini, they’re also a means of escape from a quotidian reality.

Massive Tech Layoffs May Be the Fault of a 2017 Trump Tax Cut

A new theory of the tech industry’s economic woes has been found.

12 Furnishings That Cleaning Experts Never Let Into Their Homes

Discover the furniture items cleaning experts avoid at all costs—and why these pieces could be a nightmare to keep clean in your home.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This cream cheese pound cake is just as great for dessert with whipped cream and fresh berries as it is for breakfast with jam and coffee.

Brian Wilson Was More Than a Genius. His Sound Epitomized the Lore of SoCal

Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.

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How Submarines Regularly ‘Fight To The Death’ Off The Bahamas

Just like how Navy planes have vast instrumented ranges for aerial wargames, submarines have one too, and it is arguably even more impressive.

Here’s How Different Heart Failure Stages Impact Your Body

The symptoms might look a little different.

Aldous Huxley on the Antidote to Our Existential Helplessness

“All of us are knowers, all the time; it is only occasionally and in spite of ourselves that we understand the mystery of given reality.”

The Australian Town Where People Live Underground

In one unusual outback town, everything is subterranean – from churches to campsites. As the world heads for 2.7C (4.9F) of global warming, should we be heading underground?

How To Prep Your Relationship For A Baby

We take birthing classes, read parenting books, and research crib mattresses. Why don’t we do the same for our relationships?

The Many-Worlds Theory, Explained

A mind-bending, jargon-free account of the popular interpretation of quantum mechanics.

How Wonder Works

One emotion inspired our greatest achievements in science, art and religion. We can manipulate it – but why do we have it?

How To Focus Better: Manage Your Attention (Not Your Time)

Distractions are all over, pulling our focus in every direction. Sometime, it’s important to tune them out.

A Quiet Revolution in Botany: Plants Form Memories

Inside a quiet revolution in the study of the world’s other great kingdom.

The Surreal Life of a Professional Bridesmaid

For the last decade, Jen Glantz has worked as a bridesmaid for hire. Her life is a romantic comedy waiting to happen.

How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder

Biological systems don’t defy physical laws, of course — but neither do they seem to be predicted by them.

The Case for the Humble Garbage Disposal

From a waste-management perspective, the in-sink tool punches far above its weight.

The Foot Phenomenon: Simple, Surprising Ways to Improve Your Balance, Health – and Longevity

Why do so many of us neglect our feet, when they are crucial to all forms of movement? At 61, I decided to change all that.

What Happens When You Embrace Dark Emotions

A psychologist explains how to face emotional challenges using mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion.

An Immense Mystery Older Than Stonehenge

Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stonehenge.