A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

A recent study found that more than half of all young adults in Miami say they want to leave the city, citing rising costs of living and swelling traffic congestion. But on Facebook, Instagram, and ...

Easy Reader’s “Gutenberg moment” arrived three weeks ago, on a Thursday, the day we print, when John Burry brought his laptop to Easy Reader’s office. Burry is a former executive at Tesco, a British ...

My wife and I were recently on an Alaska Airlines flight from Dallas to Portland. Our captain turned a routine welcome aboard into a heartfelt, thoughtful announcement. In essence, he asked us all to ...

I’m still not a fan of fussy snacks at home and this recipe easily misses that category, requiring just 10 minutes of hands-on time, four ingredients, and absolutely no tweezer-laid herbs. If you keep ...

A new study of 30,000 adults found that those who volunteered or offered informal help regularly had 15 to 20 percent less age-related cognitive decline. People who spent around two to four hours a ...

Several factors go into protecting our brains from dementia as we age. Volunteering or helping people may help reduce cognitive decline. Diet, exercise, lowering stress and quality sleep can also help ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study. Specifically, I’m talking about the research conducted by Diener and ...

Just recently I had the pleasure of touring an organization titled “Community Closet” which provides clothing (both new and used) for clients in need. After seeing how organized they are I suggested ...

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