Human Nature

They slurp up old backwash and anything that was once bubbly. Some purposefully flatten every soda they drink. And they wouldn't have it any other way.

In theory, it makes sense that we might look at a time when remaining connected is so important to our mental health through a lens of friendship. But — and how do I say this nicely? — we are in the middle of a literal pandemic.

Your awkward, rebellious stage, it turns out, is history.

Dividing life from work has always been a challenge, especially if your home office doesn't include walls.

The strange psychology that shapes your reactions.

Immunity jealousy is probably going to be a thing. And experts say it could make an already difficult situation a lot worse.

It's a place where capitalism hasn't corrupted human kindness, stuffed animals are haunted and rusty bottle caps come in packs of 500.

On the existential comforts of coaxing yeast out of air, kneading, proofing, baking and sharing.

Just as the 2011 tsunami in Japan revealed the hidden pieces of the ocean floor, the COVID-19 pandemic is revealing ugly truths about our way of life.

Looking at natural disasters can offer clues about the potential long-term academic and mental health impact of lockdown on children.

There are thousands who claim to experience them regularly and countless guides online purporting to teach you how to achieve them. So is lucid dreaming real? And — if it is — what's the science behind it?

I can't help but see shoppers in terms of risk — especially when they deliberately break the rules

The coronavirus pandemic has changed how we live. What was ordinary just a couple of months ago seems almost unrecognizable.

I know why people turn to conspiracy theories in uncertain times. I did the same when my husband had a brain tumor.

Maybe you're not craving alone time; maybe, you're craving social novelty. That's where the most chaotic video platform of all time comes in: enter Chatroulette.

Christopher was an ancient Egyptian prisoner. Stephanie's dating the man who had her murdered. They and many others swear by the controversial benefits of past-life regression.

So far, in fact, they'll opt to order new underwear on Amazon instead of washing the pairs they already have.

In this week's Ask Polly column, Heather Havrilesky answers a letter from a reader who wants to know how she can develop better-quality friendships.

The coronavirus might prevent us from socializing with our neighbors, but it can't stop us from judging them.

"Interestingly, in art, even though it is so fundamental, real-life depictions of motherhood have been underrepresented over the course of history."

When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding's bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman.

The days blend together, the months lurch ahead, and we have no idea what time it is. The virus has created its own clock.

An anthropologist reflects on being raised by a single mother — and discovers a secret to how good moms become great moms.

A cofounder of Monograph says the company's been doing four-day workweeks since it launched. Will this "forced" trial run of remote work, in turn, make it more commonplace?

Amateur sleuths attempt to guess what drug random strangers are taking.

Millennials and Gen Z are revisiting indie pop, grunge fashion and the early 2010s Tumblr aesthetic. Wouldn't it be nice if life still looked like that?

It's possible to show leadership or grit or enthusiasm in one area, and then fail to show it in other activities.

The class offered three things I'd been desperately missing: drawing, being connected to other human beings and thinking about the body as something to embrace and take joy from.

In this week's Ask Polly, the Cut's advice columnist Heather Havrileskly answers a letter from a reader overwhelmed with anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic.

Broken printers. Stepping on Beyblades. A Keurig machine glued shut by a mischievous toddler. These are the moments that finally broke these quarantined parents.

The therapist, author and podcast host offers wisdom on navigating romantic relationships under quarantine.

If you want to feel less alone during quarantine social isolation, bleach your hair, bake some bread and watch endless TikToks, just like everyone else is doing.

Lives will be lost if Americans allow the culture war to determine whether they cover their face in public.

The sun coming up in the east and setting in the west is real. Thursday is not.

You can tour a museum at 9, take a mixology class at 11 and swoop over Machu Picchu at 3. But do these online versions of "doing stuff" really scratch the itch?

In speech context is everything. Six "rules" called the Gricean maxims outline how this can be done.

The human mind has long grappled with the elusive nature of time: what it is, how to record it, how it regulates life, and whether it exists as a fundamental building block of the universe. This timeline traces our evolving understanding of time through a history of observations in culture, physics, timekeeping and biology.

How did previously taboo profanities become de rigueur on cutesy merchandise?

TV sadcoms probe life's bleak truths more pointedly than many dramas do.

With billions of people staying home, the world is reinventing the weekend.

After a video of Stanley Tucci making a Negroni went viral, it opened up a new question: why are people horny for "younger" old men?

The Netflix reality show can teach you to master philosophical dinner chats, awkward hand-holding and, most importantly, the art of staying home all day. Here are 12 key lessons.

For the first time, it seems, the entire world knows what it's like to live inside my head.

The coronavirus caused Lauren Singer to do something she hasn't done in eight years: she created waste.

Fresh ideas are needed for dealing with this crisis. Here's a running list.

A boxer reveals the body issues and internalized misogyny that kept her in the ring.

A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend.

Millions of people are being deprived of even the slightest physical contact during lockdown. And there's a name for it: skin hunger.

It's likely that the last runner to learn Radek Brunner had been disqualified from the the pandemic's first virtual ultramarathon was Brunner himself.

Ten years ago, I wrote a story that changed lives forever—including my own. I went back to examine the wreckage

We smoke out of our windows at the same time. Sometimes, he winks at me.

Sondheim is the great bard of loneliness. These 12 songs from Sunday night's virtual concert show why.

If it's not Google Meet with colleagues, it's Zoom hangouts with friends and FaceTime with family. The issue is, online video interactions are fundamentally different from face-to-face ones.

After his accident, Ian Burkhart didn't think he'd ever be able to move or feel his hand again. A small chip in his brain changed everything.

It's tempting to beat ourselves up when we fail, but we're capable of so much more if we give ourselves compassion instead.

Contact tracing might be great in theory, but it doesn't take into account the behavior of real human users.

For this week's Giz Asks, we reached out to a number of experts to suss out the reasons behind this dark — but sometimes effective — phenomenon.

No matter where you are in the country, local and national news anchors have the same vocal delivery. There's a good reason why they learn it.

Most of Facebook is a cesspool. Enter: the only wholesome social Facebook group on the planet.

Masks, Clorox wipes, homemade bread, endless pet photos, repeat.