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March 17, 2017 - 04:43 AM
How Our Minds Map Numbers

How Our Minds Map Numbers

May 30, 2026

The assumption that humans naturally organize numbers in increasing value from left to right turns out to be far less universal than researchers once believed. While this "mental number line" holds true for many Western readers, studies of apes, monkeys, birds, and even native English speakers...

The Uninvited Guest of This Universe

The Uninvited Guest of This Universe

May 29, 2026

In the remote regions of the Himalyas, Lobsang Phuntsok was born in a nomadic family to a young, unmarried mother. She gave birth in secret in the family toilet and left the newborn covered in dried leaves. He was saved by his grandparents, who heard his cries and found him nearly dead. Called "the...

Ride It Out: How Cycling Helps Kids Focus

Ride It Out: How Cycling Helps Kids Focus

May 28, 2026

After Mike Sinyard, who has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), noticed that bike riding helped him focus, he founded the Specialized Bike Foundation, now Outride, whose “Riding for Focus” (R4F) program now is in 400 middle schools in the US and Canada. And it has had some astonishing...

What I Learned After 3 Bereavements in a Row

What I Learned After 3 Bereavements in a Row

May 27, 2026

After losing her husband of 35 years, then her sister and father within months, Lisa Jackson felt stripped of identity, plagued by "What's the point?" thoughts. She tried everything -- gong baths, cold-water swimming, junk food, intermittent crying -- searching for a way back to her old happy...

Tornado's Legacy of Catastrophe Compassion, 15 Years Later

Tornado's Legacy of Catastrophe Compassion, 15 Years Later

May 26, 2026

After a massive tornado displaced a third of the residents of Joplin, Missouri, and killed nearly 160 people in May 2011, stories of kindness and cooperation overwrote the tragedy - and still do. Almost 100,000 volunteers from nearly every state helped clean up debris and rebuild. Ranchers cooked...

The Cab Driver Who Gets Paid With Time

The Cab Driver Who Gets Paid With Time

May 25, 2026

A taxi driver in Hiroshima keeps his daughter's graduation photo on the dashboard. It's a reminder of the choice that transformed their relationship. Years ago, when she was young, she told him something that pierced through everything: "I remember mom reading to me. I remember grandma...

A Hummingbird at Every Crossroads

A Hummingbird at Every Crossroads

May 24, 2026

Like the prolific hummingbird pollinator he loves, Vasco Gaspar flitted from singing in a band to studying psychology, happiness, mindfulness, meditation, and more, asking himself, “what is life wanting to live through you?” In meditation, he learned to wait, trusting his heart to alert him when...

Native Plants and a Quiet Revolution in Relating to Land

Native Plants and a Quiet Revolution in Relating to Land

May 23, 2026

What was once dismissed as weeds is now flying off shelves at plant nurseries across the country, as gardeners rediscover that working with nature rather than against it offers something both practical and profound. At Chicago's Kilbourn Park, over 2,300 people lined up for the annual plant...

Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars

Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars

May 22, 2026

In a greenhouse beside a low security women's prison in Washington state, incarcerated women are raising Taylor's checkerspot butterflies one by one, tracking egg clusters, monitoring larvae through months of growth, and contributing to the recovery of a species that has lost 97 percent...

The Sight of Three Stripes

The Sight of Three Stripes

May 21, 2026

A busload of blind children rises at dawn, too excited to sleep before their maybe once-in-a-year field trip. Among them is Asha -- mute, seven or eight, hair bunched under a maroon cap -- who playfully discovers she can avoid walking by standing atop a volunteer's feet. Through temple visits,...

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