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The difference between a brief flirtation and an all-consuming love affair is one of interest. Put a different way: the thing ...

Practising Carl Rogers’s unconditional positive regard helps me be more compassionate and less judgmental – of myself too ...

More people than ever are going solo. We identified a gender difference that hints at the ingredients needed to enjoy it ...

There is something comforting about realising that, even in Homer’s day, people wondered what the hell their dreams meant ...

Molly Williamson is an associate production editor at Aeon+Psyche. She lives in London.

I’m in a Zoom meeting, speaking to a screen full of black squares, trying to coax voices out of the void. The other callers are all members of an executive board, and they’re in turmoil over the ...

New research shows that people satisfy their curiosity in different ways. Are you a hunter, a busybody or a dancer?

In an irreverent animation, a singer without legs explores the perils of being exploited to provide inspiration for others ...

Does the blank page look unconquerable? Blackout poetry can give you a creative jumpstart. This short video explains how ...