1-Minute Intensive Exercise Beats Everything Else
A landmark 73,000-person study proves one minute of intensive exercise delivers up to 156 minutes’ worth of light activity’s health…
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An Online Game Could Cut Your Dementia Risk by 25%
A 20-year federally funded study of 2,802 adults found that one specific type of online brain game reduces dementia risk…
How to read with AI
AI is changing how we read, but using it as a replacement for deep reading makes you a weaker thinker.…
Read and Write to Avoid Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
A major 2026 study found that lifelong reading, writing and learning can lower Alzheimer’s risk by 38% and delay onset…
36 Questions That Build Deep Connection Fast
Psychologist Arthur Aron’s 36 questions can build deep connection between two people in under an hour. Here’s how the science…
What to Do on Your First Date (and What Not to Do)
First dates succeed or fail based on one skill: making the other person feel genuinely seen and heard. Good first…
How to buy yourself some happiness
Research shows that spending money on experiences and relationships produces lasting happiness, while buying material goods leads to rapid satisfaction…
Magnesium L-Threonate for Better Sleep
Magnesium L-threonate (MgT) is the only magnesium form designed to cross the blood-brain barrier, and two recent clinical trials show…
The Reverse Bucket List
Harvard happiness researcher Arthur C. Brooks found that completing every item on his bucket list left him less happy, not…
The Napoleon Technique for your Email Management
The Napoleon technique is a productivity strategy where you deliberately delay responding to non-urgent requests, letting time filter out problems…