There are lessons to be learned about simplicity, wholesomeness, and sharing with friends. We glimpsed a few in the Tuscan countryside.

Sometimes fear prevents us from doing what we know we need to do. But why are we willing to hand over control of our decisions to what is, after all, an emotional response?

The giant crack in Earth that is the Grand Canyon has been here a long time — a very long time, in fact, before we humans came along. And it’s likely to go on for a long time, even if we do not.

You may think you have problems, but your computer has problems too: viruses, hackers, and a hard drive that’s never big enough. How modern computers cope with their problems can teach us a lot about how we handle our own struggles.

Are we going to have to invent some new words to “delete” from normal conversation and save for the moments we really want to make an impact?

A neuroscientist comments on the vital role of emotions and feelings, rather than disembodied rationality, in our survival.

You don’t ever deceive yourself, do you? Of course not! Me neither.