Well, today is Valentine's Day, which means love and connection are on people's minds, and I recently met someone who studies one form of affection, kissing. Matilda Brindle is an evolutionary ...

Nike is reframing its iconic tagline, “Just Do It,” in a new campaign, “Why Do It?,” per a press release. The campaign was created by longtime agency partners Wieden+Kennedy Portland. The campaign ...

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I often ask my kids to help around the house. Feed our dog. Put clean dishes in cabinets and drawers. Sweep up crumbs after dinner. We are a Montessori family, so a lot of this stuff falls under ...

Have you ever been to a party and heard "So what do you do?" about 30 seconds into every conversation? If you're like most people, you probably responded with your role and company's name. But if you ...

For people who have taken career breaks, four little words—“What do you do?”—can provoke dread. It seems to conceal a bundle of judgments: What’s your social status? What’s your income? What’s your ...

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Dr. Daniel Yang, a top executive overseeing artificial intelligence at Kaiser Permanente, is driving new uses for AI in healthcare. He is also learning what it shouldn’t do. Yang, an internal-medicine ...

I was recently getting a much-needed haircut with a new stylist, and in our small talk, he asked me what I do for a living. I explained that I teach current and future teachers how people learn and do ...

For several years, I’ve kept two to-do lists for work (one just wasn’t enough). One list contains tasks that require deep, focused work and demand a decent chunk of time. The other list is for quick ...

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Those with French mothers have probably heard this song countless times before bed as children. It’s a coo as much as anything, a portal to drifting off. But what is the origin of the French lullaby, ...