There is only a certain level of novelty that most people are willing to tolerate.

I felt the impact of an attack by the terrorist group. So why didn’t my research data?

The “marshmallow experiment” has become a famous way to measure the self-control of children. (This is a version of the test made for entertainment, not research, purposes.) Every year since 1988, my friend Lou and I have picked a New Year’s resolution together. We meticulously keep to each promise for exactly one year. The 2014 […]

The power of mind-wandering.

The unusual lives of a physicist and an aviator, in verse and song.

The way to tap your inner Hemingway is not how you think.