Everyone indulges in wishful thinking now and again. But when is that most likely to happen and when could it actually be harmful? A new study demonstrates unequivocally that the greater the ...

You would think by now that, informed by so many examples from history, we would be familiar with the stages of a policy disaster in the making. Calamitous wars and foreign-policy misadventures; ...

We explain why the issue of abortion didn’t necessarily help Democrats win this election. By David Leonhardt After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, many Democrats argued that the ...

Orlando, Fla. - As we head into the holidays, many of us start looking ahead, hoping next year will be a little brighter. Research shows that hope is more than just optimism, it’s a scientifically ...

Today, there is simply too much known in far too many diverse fields for any person to hold it all in their brain. This means that, no matter how smart one might be, there are times when we have to ...

A recently released documentary film produced by murdered opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anticorruption Foundation is making waves among Russians. Titled “The Traitors,” the film tries to figure ...