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You Are What You Repeatedly Do
One footstep makes no path; ten thousand do. From Socrates and Aristotle to modern neuroscience: how character is…
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Why one child moves us — and a thousand leave us cold
In the beginning, every death still had a face. On the arithmetic of compassion — and why the…
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Discipline Doesn’t Begin with Making the Bed, but with Noticing
Everyone says discipline begins with making your bed. Until my son’s symptoms taught me something else. An honest…
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A Mother Kisses Her Baby in an MRI — What Do We Really See, and What Don’t We?
A legendary MRI image of mother and baby has circulated for years with a caption that is not…
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The Quiet Brain and the Loud Brain
At a party, one person charges up while the other quietly drains away. What does science really say…
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Your Brain Is Not an Honest Witness
Two famous experiments — on the optimism bias and our discomfort with silence — reveal how easily the…
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From homo erectus to gamer: the real science behind the panic about screens and children
Maybe you know the scene: you call out “dinner’s ready,” and off they go again with their plate,…
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The Scar That Wasn’t There
A 1980 Dartmouth experiment shows how we keep seeing scars that others simply cannot — and what self-image,…
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What Happens in Your Brain When You Smell?
The quiet motorway between your nose and your heart In the small town where I grew up there…
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Why Your Brain Is Never Satisfied
Why does nothing feel good for long? The hedonic treadmill, dopamine and the endless scroll — and 10…
