Lesson Plans, a blog from The New York Times, chronicles five teachers’ experiences during their first month of the new school year. The teachers include a poet and performer, two MetLife Fellows in ...

Using a beer can, a measuring tape, spray cans full of starter fluid, and Styrofoam mannequin heads, the YouTube personality Uncle Rob made a popular video illustrating the power of face masks to stop ...

In recent years, the term “systems change” has taken the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors by storm. While many agree with its central tenets—addressing root causes rather than surface-level ...

In my study of more than 700 long-married older people, I often heard people say, “You don’t just marry a person; you marry his or her family.” Indeed, many of the elders I spoke with regarded this ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When we make a decision, we are, in fact, ...