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Ellen J. Langer is a social psychologist, writer, and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, widely regarded as the founder […]

“What we can know, and what we can understand, is so influenced by our location in time that it is […]

The 21st century has created a whole range of new types of professional that we have never had before – […]

It is unclear just how the “Man from Song” (Songren) acquired his reputation, but classical literature is replete with stories […]

Award-winning wildlife and landscape photographer Michael Poliza    Zan Boag: You have spent many years of your life on the […]

Over the last few years Scott had vacationed to countries like Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia and other destinations in Asia. He […]

Do you trust your doctor? Should you trust your doctor? A recent op-ed in The New York Times suggests that […]

I despise gyms. I honestly couldn’t tell you if it is the nauseating funk emanating from dozens of perspiring bodies […]

Editor of New Philosopher Zan Boag interviews Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and the former editor […]

It probably says something telling about human beings that the oldest surviving piece of literature is about our longing to […]