The festival season kicks in, a newish genre of cookbook memoirs reminds us of women’s role as the custodians of oral history ...

Lonni Sue Johnson’s amnesia is revealing important connections between memory, personality, and consciousness.

By George Stone, TRAVEL Executive Editor The idea that travel makes you a more open-minded person is rooted more in well-meaning fiction than in fact. One of the most frequently q ...

A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around age 17.

Gratitude grows when we experience contrast between absence and return. Intentional, short-term loss activates reward ...

After years of shrinking, the gender pay gap is widening. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post reporter Taylor Telford about why some women are leaving the workforce.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association ...

Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps. The GPS systems in our ...