Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Karen Casey
Personal problems are only as big and as real as we make them. In fact, they only exist if we allow our egos to create them and then we feed them through our incessant attention. Take a look at the following suggestions for changing how you look at the “imagined problems” in your life.
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- Written by: Sophie Scott, UCL
It is 25 years since cricket commentators Brian Johnston and Jonathan Agnew famously got the uncontrollable giggles on live radio, while reporting on that day’s Test Match between England and the West Indies.
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- Written by: Tom Abate, Stanford University
Crisis hotlines have been around for years, but until recently there’s been very little data on which counseling strategies seemed most effective at helping people cope. The recent emergence of text-based crisis help lines is changing that.
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- Written by: Cardiff University
Humans have evolved a disproportionately large brain as a result of sizing each other up in large cooperative social groups, propose researchers.
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- Written by: Joanna McParland, Glasgow Caledonian University
We all experience the ups and downs of life sometimes. We might be treated badly by others or miss out on something we think we deserve, like a promotion at work.
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- Written by: Aaron Duncan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
According to new data, supporters of Donald Trump prefer to get their news from television and enjoy watching crime dramas.
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- Written by: Terri Mellow, University of Michigan
Older African Americans and Latinos have an edge over whites when it comes to being able to quit smoking, according to a study of nearly 3,000 smokers.
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- Written by: Courtney A. Walsh
It’s time for humanity to write new parables. New voices. A new language. It’s time for new books. New songs. New pictures. Tradition and nostalgia served their place to bond us and then, to separate us. Fear kept us from grace. It kept us from one another. It kept us from the divine. It kept us lonely and isolated and frightened. Always frightened.
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- Written by: Gillian Kiley, Brown University
Individual tendencies toward physical aggression may lead someone to support aggressive foreign policy interventions, new research suggests.
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- Written by: James A. Roberts, Baylor University
How many times a day do you check your smartphone? According to a recent survey, the typical American checks once every six-and-a-half minute.
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- Written by: John Francis, YES! Magazine
I clearly remember learning to walk. I remember falling and the frustration of trying to stand on my feet unsupported, without the help of parents
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- Written by: Debra Silverman
Reading this will help you to identify the two voices that make you human: your ego with its chatty, self-serving endless quirkiness, and what I’m calling the wise Observer that is patient, non-judgmental and loving. While they appear to be completely different...
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- Written by: Lawrence Goodma, Brandeis University
In a recent study, people with the highest levels of financial stress looked like they had aged more over a decade than people with lower levels of money woes.
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- Written by: Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University
Nature is good for us – surely nobody has missed that fact. These days, both scientists and policymakers agree about the importance of offering everyone access to green spaces, regardless of social background.
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- Written by: Vybarr Cregan-Reid, University of Kent
During the summer school holidays, the social rhythm of life can become as crazed as a Keith Moon drum solo. So it’s important to remember to switch off from time to time.
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- Written by: Heidi Gazelle, University of Melbourne
When parents observe shyness in their child, they may wonder if it is normal or cause for concern. For instance, in social situations, the child may cling to their parent, be hesitant to speak, reluctant to interact with others, and play alone when in groups more often than other children their age.
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- Written by: Shane Satterley, Griffith University
There are some striking similarities between cults and terror groups. An all-encompassing ideology can, when exhibited by a group or individual, have destructive effects on society.
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
I saw a documentary that introduced Jawara women who wear the bones of their dead husbands around their necks. In some cases, the widow totes the man’s skull. In our culture many of us also wear the skulls, bones, or remnants of dead husbands, lovers, family members, business partners, or friends around our necks—not physically, but energetically. We hang past memories, resentments, and upsets...
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- Written by: AJ Earley
Children are not as adept as adults at understanding complex emotions like stress, and aren’t likely to be able to tell you when they have too much on their plate. A child who is stressed out isn’t likely to appear so. Rather, their anxiety is often portrayed through a series of signs, which can be physical, emotional, or behavioral.
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- Written by: Ari Berkowitz, University of Oklahoma
How does the architecture of our brain and neurons allow each of us to make individual behavioral choices? Scientists have long used the metaphor of government to explain how they think nervous systems are organized for decision-making.
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- Written by: Noelle Sterne, Ph.D.
A friend told of a family situation that you may relate to. For many years, she’d been estranged from her sister, who now lived across the country. Growing up, they’d been very close, and my friend could hardly recall why they’d stopped talking. Year followed year, and my friend could never bring herself to call.
