The dominant narrative frames doomscrolling as a dopamine addiction or a willpower failure. Behavioral science suggests something more honest: your brain is seeking low-stakes unpredictability because ...

Reading for pleasure has declined by 10 percent since 2003, according to a 2025 American Time Use Survey. There are all kinds of potential explanations for this, from the rise of social media to the ...

Peer-Reviewed Research Published in Nature Communications Confirms Lindamood-Bell's Seeing Stars(R) Program Improves Reading Skills and Strengthens Brain Circuitry in Children with Dyslexia SAN LUIS ...

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In the internet age, in the absence of direct social interaction, we have been compelled to invent people to get mad at.

The New Scientist Book Club enjoyed our February read, Tim Winton's far-future-set Juice. Head of books Alison Flood rounds ...

For me, reading a well-loved book that I’ve turned to time and time again feels like meeting up with an old friend. Even if things haven’t changed much since you’ve last seen her, the new details you ...

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The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

This month the Book Club read Juice by Tim Winton, a thrilling tale of climate change retribution amid blistering heat ...

I'm with Wittgenstein: 'Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.' Or as Professor Keating said more clearly, “If there isn’t a discriminant you can measure, you’re doing metaphysics with ...

Reading through the list of suggested books did hearten Ms. Dovey: “Reading fiction makes me lose all sense of self, but at the same time makes me feel most uniquely myself.” Non-fiction is magic, too ...