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As I’ve been writing – and not writing – my next nonfiction book, I’ve also been training for my first marathon. It’s got me thinking. I’ve run the steep hills and industrial canal towpaths near my ...

I’ve never been a great sleeper, but a medication change recently left me lying awake for more than an hour each night, unable to relax. I tried the usual sleep hygiene tricks, like no caffeine after ...

After playing mahjong for an entire day, our retired parents came home glowing with satisfaction. They recounted the specific moves of the game and the thrill of well-executed wins. They were tired, ...

Mary, a divorced night custodian at a Texas public school, didn’t like ‘being isolated’, but often was. To remedy the feeling, she began a relationship with Lucas, an AI companion from Replika.

It’s 7:30 pm, and your mother puts on her coat instead of her pajamas. She pats her pockets, then starts scanning the kitchen counters, tugging open the hallway closet and finally tipping her purse ...

In abandoned warehouses, forests and industrial ruins, vast congregations can be found dancing for hours to high-BPM electronic music. In these spaces, often referred to as raves, phones are covered, ...

Picture a woman staggering out of a 5 am spin class, legs trembling, face drawn. A man who keeps adding a few extra kilometres to his run because it doesn’t feel like enough. Or a teen who restarts ...

We live in an age full of advice on how to stay focused. And yet, even with so many tips and tricks at hand, many of us still feel dispersed, as if our attention is being siphoned away by forces ...

We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We spend much of our waking lives seeking out and consuming information in some form or another: watching television, listening ...

As a resident tutor, I’ve seen how students are using AI as more than a tool. It’s a psychological shift we’ll soon all make ‘ChatGPT thinks my crush is sending mixed signals,’ my student said, ...

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