Neanderthals, the closest species to humans, have only been extinct for something like 40,000 years. Which is to say, they shared the...

If you’ve ever watched a toddler bob up and down to their favorite song, the origins of dance might seem clear: moving to a rhythm...

Fire: these days, starting one is as easy as flicking the switch on a gas stove. But if you’ve ever been on a camping trip, you know...

When you think of inventors, the iconic example might be Thomas Edison, who brought us the electric lightbulb. In the process, he...

When we think of legends of comedy, the Marx Brothers might come to mind. In the years leading up to World War II, they were the toast of...

General George B. “Little Mac” McClellan was the Union force commander during the Civil War. Beloved by his men, and a stickler for...

In January of 2013, I wrote a post on one of neuroscience’s most famous cases. New details make it necessary to retell the story. It’s...

When it comes to Carol Dweck’s concepts of mindset, northwestern Alabama might not be the first region that leaps into your mind. And yet...

Listening to music is one of the most compelling human experiences. Music taps deeply into our sense of feeling, often highlighting and...

StartFragment “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” So said Mark Twain, printer, steamboat...

Want to radically ramp up your creativity? In his new book The Medici Effect, Frans Johansson believes he can help you. If you're a fan...

As you stand in the check-out line this holiday season, you may find yourself wondering why two minutes in a loud, crowded store can feel...

There was a time, and it was not so long ago, that conventional wisdom said if you were born into nobility, you possessed a set of...

If you've been hired for a job in the last thirty years, chances are you've heard of Myers-Briggs. It's a personality diagnostic tool...

Your smartphone has more computing power than the computer that took Neil Armstrong and crew to the moon. And this is only one of the...

40,000 years ago, the story goes, there were two kinds of early humanoids roaming the land. There were the Homo Sapiens, our noble early...

In 1974, local farmers in Xian, China, set out to dig a well. Instead, they discovered what many consider to be the eighth wonder of the...

When General George Armstrong Custer made the ill-fated decision to charge his 700 troops into the heart of the Lakota Nation on June...

The problem with you––and by you, I mean me––is that our brains are built on a 40,000 year old platform. Let's not forget, evolution is a...

Our story this week begins around 1500 BC. It was roughly 3500 years ago that somehow––let’s be honest, probably through some kind of...