"Style-shifting", a linguistics term which describes changes in our patterns of speech around different people, reflects the idea that we all embody many personas that reveal themselves according to circumstance.

Given the unreliability of economic forecasts, is there a way to make our predictions in economics a little more accurate, or, at the very least, more useful?

There is consensus that one common parent language spawned all tongues in the Indo-European language group—spoken by over 3 billion people. But that parent language, Proto-Indo-European, is ascertained more through inference than direct evidence.

As artificial intelligence grows in leaps and bounds, so too does the idea that “the robots are taking over”. But as Ella Jane Mortensen writes, the dangers of AI may lie more in their impact on our minds and culture.

The idea of multiple personalities is often associated with extreme clinical conditions, but as John Zada writes, we are all affected by a smaller version of this phenomenon which pays high dividends to understand.

Economists have long used forecasting and predictions to approach the unknown. But as Ayubkhon Azamov writes, their accuracy, for a variety of reasons, is more often flawed than not.

Statistics, whether in the service of advertising or politics, don't just hide the truth—they guide your mind to a particular version, or interpretation, of it.

Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in global healthcare systems, but challenges placed on their work are putting strain on the communities they serve.

Traditional stories and folklore, through the dynamic movement of its characters and narrative, and by way of its various devices, can convey implicit meaning and help give us insight into the metaphysical nature of the world.

In our screen and achievement-obsessed culture, the play instincts of children are being smothered, inhibiting their natural creativity and curiosity. Loosening the reins on childhood can help fix that.