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Why Don’t People Play to Their Strengths? Level Up Your Life by Learning Yours

Humanity / 6 min. read

Are you playing to your strengths in your career? How about with friends, or in your hobbies? A growing body of positive psychology research suggests that using your personal strengths can not only help you thrive at work, but also boost your mental health and increase your resilience and life satisfaction, among other benefits. Despite […]

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Avoiding Your Neighbor Because of How They Voted? Democracy Needs You to Talk to Them Instead

Humanity / 6 min. read

This article was written by Betsy Sinclair, a professor and chair of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Are you angry about politics right now? Seething?

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With Nonprofit Force Blue, Special Ops Vets Dive Into a New Mission: Marine Conservation

Environment, Exclusive / 3 min. read

After 25 years of service as a combat rescue officer in the Air Force, Brian Gebo recently embarked on a different kind of mission — this one involving sea turtles. “There is nothing like diving in to wrangle your first 350-pound loggerhead, bring it to the surface and load onto the boat to test, tag,

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Halle Berry Is “a Woman Demanding More” for Those Experiencing Menopause

Health / 3 min. read

“I had no answers, no one to turn to.” That’s how Halle Berry felt when she first started experiencing disruptive perimenopausal symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats, and brain fog) that her doctors offered little help for, she told Time magazine. “I was floored to find the dearth of nothingness in this space — and how

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Researchers Created Sound That Can Bend Itself Through Space, Reaching Only Your Ear in a Crowd

Science / 4 min. read

This article was written by Jiaxin Zhong, a postdoctoral researcher in acoustics at Penn State, and Yun Jing, a professor of acoustics at Penn State, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. What if you

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Smile, Fido! Traveling Pets in the EU Require Passports Just Like Their Humans Do

Culture / 3 min. read

We know the feeling of wanting to bring your pet everywhere with you — even on vacation. If you’re a U.S. citizen, that process can be tedious and stressful, though, as it often involves meeting different requirements for each country you go to. But for our four-legged friends across the pond, there’s a certain travel

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This Dad Built a Smartwatch From Scratch to Monitor His Son’s Type 1 Diabetes

Exclusive, Tech / 5 min. read

Type 1 diabetes care has made huge strides in recent decades. Not too long ago, testing your blood sugar required pricking a finger several times a day; now, small devices with sensors that are inserted under the skin can monitor glucose continuously. While at one point, insulin injections had to be administered multiple times a

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OK, So Multitasking Is Impossible — What Should We Do Instead? An Expert Weighs In

Exclusive, Humanity / 8 min. read

As I sit writing this article over the next few hours, emails will come in and message notification sounds will ring out. My colleagues will ask me questions; I’ll spontaneously recall an item on my to-do list that will just take a moment to check off. I’d be lying if I said I’ll stay entirely

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Feeling Sentimental? Study Shows Nostalgia May Help You Maintain Close Relationships

Health / 3 min. read

Whether it’s refusing to throw away your long-dead Tamagotchi or continuing to cuddle a childhood stuffed animal hanging on for dear life, nostalgia can manifest in odd ways. But according to a recent study, the tendency toward it may lead to a more productive outcome than just rewatching Gilmore Girls for the fifth time (no

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World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel Promises 10-Minute Driving Time From Denmark to Germany

Culture / 4 min. read

If you thought driving in Los Angeles was inefficient, this route between two European cities takes the cake: As the crow flies, the Danish town of Rødbyhavn is only about 13 miles away from the German village of Puttgarden — but actually driving from one to the other would set you back five and a

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