In the social media age, it seems impossible not to measure ourselves against others – but we can dodge the worst pitfalls ...

For a woman who never fit the mould, living on a remote island was easy. Starting over afterwards was a bigger challenge ...

Once maligned by philosophers, metaphors are a key communication tool for extending the power of literal speech ...

We used an electric-shock dilemma to test the strength of people’s moral principles when faced with real-world complexities ...

is a cartographer and writer living and working in Minneapolis.

A lifetime of pleasure and pain, beauty and misery, collapsed into a single scene in this sprawling animated artwork ...

is an associate professor of behavioural science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, US.