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The Stress That Children Add to a Marriage
It’s a common experience, but not one that everyone talks about: you had a wonderfully romantic relationship before getting married …
We All Think We Know The People We Love. We’re All Deluded
The average human brain contains roughly 100 billion neurons, each of which is attached to thousands of other neurons, meaning …
The Downside To Positive Stereotypes
Positive stereotypes can make people feel like failures if they don’t fulfill them. During my senior year of high school, …
The Secret to a Happy Marriage Is Knowing How to Fight
It’s peak “engagement season” — the span of time between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day when, according to the website WeddingWire, …
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Love
In this talk, Mandy Len Catron speaks about the reality of love. She describes her own story and explains a …
A ‘Hot Zone’ In The Brain May Reveal When, And Even What, We Dream
Most of us have about five dreams each night, though we’re not likely to remember any of them. But a …
9 Principles to Help You Keep Calm in Chaos
Act on your principles, not your moods. How the ancient philosophy of Stoicism can help us smash creative blocks and …
My Non Stereotypical Asian Tiger Parents
The day I received my letter of acceptance to New York University, I was ecstatic. It was my dream university, …
Can Stimulating a Nerve in the Ear Make You a Whiz in Mandarin Class?
In April the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced contracts for a program to develop practical methods to help …