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February 6, 2025

DETERMINED: A SCIENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT FREE WILL

One of our great behavioral scientists, Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D., the bestselling author of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, mounts a devastating […]
February 6, 2025

THE GRIEVING BODY: HOW THE STRESS OF LOSS CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALING

Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and […]
February 6, 2025

JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE

In John Lewis: A Life, award-winning historian and journalist David Greenberg, Ph.D., professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, presents new […]
January 30, 2025

OUT OF YOUR MIND: THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

Why do you love? Why do you lie? What makes you happy? Every single thought you have comes from one place: your brain. But what makes […]
January 16, 2025

DEFY: THE POWER IF NO IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS YES

Many of us comply much more than we realize. How many times have you wanted to object, disagree, or opt out of something but ended up […]
January 16, 2025

OUTRAGED: WHY WE FIGHT ABOUT MORALITY AND POLITICS AND HOW TO FIND COMMON GROUND

It’s easy to assume that liberals and conservatives have radically different moral foundations. In his new book Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and […]
January 9, 2025

THE DISENGAGED TEEN: HELPING KIDS LEARN BETTER, FEEL BETTER, AND LIVE BETTER

Adolescents are hardwired to explore and grow, and learning is mainly how they do this. But a shocking majority of teens are disengaged from school, simultaneously […]
November 14, 2024

THE RITUAL EFFECT: FROM HABIT TO RITUAL, HARNESS THE SURPRISING POWERS OF EVERYDAY ACTIONS

Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to keep us on track—what we come to know as habits. Over time, these routines (like brushing your […]
November 7, 2024

THE MIRACULOUS FROM THE MATERIAL

Nature is capable of extraordinary phenomena. Standing in awe of those phenomena, we experience a feeling of connection to the cosmos. For acclaimed physicist and novelist […]
October 31, 2024

YOU ARE NOT ALONE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS: THE NAMI GUIDE TO NAVIGATING YOUR CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTH

A growing number of children and teens in the U.S. are struggling with mental health conditions, but parents, teachers, and other caregivers are often at a […]
October 31, 2024

ABOVE THE NOISE: MY STORY OF CHASING CALM

THIS IS A NEW DATE AND YOU MUST RE-REGISTER! DeMar DeRozan, six-time NBA All-Star, has been called a “basketball savant” (ESPN) and “the best closer in […]
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