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Language has fascinated me for many years, but it wasn’t always that way. Who could have blamed me? Language classes, particularly in high school, have a bit...

I’d always seen my dad use Photoshop, and I was curious to learn. So in 7th grade, I scraped together my allowance and bought a copy of...

Feeling ready for finals? If not, you’re not alone. But there’s something you can do about it. In Barbara Oakley’s, “A Mind for Numbers,” there just so...

So many skills, so little time. According to the law of essentialism, we’ll reach our highest potential in a skill if we focus on just one. But...

When I was in my final year of high school, the subject I struggled with the most was – by far – calculus. I’d been a year...

A while ago I saw a video called Life Explained in 27 Seconds. This gist of that video is that life is like a treadmill. If you...

This week, we’re diving deep into the science of reading. My guest today is Liz Schotter, a postgraduate student in psychology at UC San Diego and one...

Want to learn how to read books more effectively and retain more of what you learn? I’ve been following Shane Parrish, the founder of the excellent Farnam...

It’s a boring afternoon. You’re tired after class, and all you want to do is curl up with Netflix and a bowl of cereal. But you really...