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Psychologist Paul Bloom studies the nature of pleasure. In this conversation with Ben Lillie, he discusses how knowing the history of an object can profoundly affect our enjoyment of it.

A new study compared people’s perceptions of online and offline daters. With the increasing popularity of online dating, have negative stereotypes of online daters waned?

Micro-mechanician Bill Robertson builds sophisticated, fully working replicas of rare tools, gadgets and houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. His exquisite creations put history’s hidden details in the palms of our hands.

Enjoy these insights from elders on the key ingredients for a good life, and get inspired to do your own interview with an older relative.

Blending families can create stress for individuals, but following a few simple rules can help you achieve success.

You get invited to a meeting by a person you don’t really know, about a project you’ve barely heard of, and you’re not sure why. ‘Click.’ You accept anyway. Find out just how much time this simple act wastes.

Even the best relationships can use a boost sometimes. Try an experiment for the weekend—switch your focus to looking for the good in your relationship and see what happens.

Could a movie about a doll teach us all to be more human?

While overall memory declines as we age, that’s far from the end of the story. In fact, there are certain things older people continue to remember quite well, says researcher Alan D. Castel.

Biohacker Andrew Pelling has figured out a way to create living, functional biological objects that don’t exist in nature — without deliberately modifying DNA in any way. In one experiment, he uses apples and human cells to make ears. But what? And how? And why? Read on.