These science-backed concepts can help you sharpen your critical-thinking skills and build better instincts. This feature is part of Reader’s Digest’s August/September 2026 print cover story, “The New ...

Empathy is a skill—and an incredibly important one. Here's how to develop a deeper understanding of others. This feature is part of Reader’s Digest’s August/September 2026 print cover story, “The New ...

AI is increasingly used in hiring processes, even though critics worry that existing biases may be baked into their algorithms. Now, researchers claim that even in the absence of pre-existing biases, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. As the world grapples with the rise of AI and questions about what guardrails should exist, news organizations are left to ...

Washington — A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer's symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday. That information could ...

The AI drug boom has a long way to go before reaching patients. The AI drug boom has a long way to go before reaching patients. is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and a ...

Who is the most curious person you know? Maybe it’s a kid who asks a million questions or a teacher you had in high school who always seemed to go the extra mile in leading class discussions. You ...

A person without self-control is vulnerable to destructive emotions and impulsive actions (Photo: iStock) All great achievers in life share one common denominator: self-discipline. This is the ability ...

Drug-resistant infections are a major public health threat around the world. To fight them, scientists are constantly trying to find and develop new antibiotics. Now, researchers say artificial ...

The ongoing hantavirus outbreak carries disturbing echoes of the early days of COVID: people falling ill on a cruise ship from a relatively unknown pathogen, with no validated test available to ...

Most of us have encountered an ineffective leader at one time or another. The common cause? The personality characteristics and behaviors used to identify high potentials are not always what lead to ...

America is graying, with nearly one third of the country now age 55 or older. At the same time, birth rates have declined by double digits in less than two decades. New research and analysis from ...