Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time ...

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival mechanisms, according to a compelling new psychological analysis.

In his new book, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, Frank Partnoy claims that when faced with a decision, we should assess how long we have to make it, and then wait until the last possible moment to ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

We all know the drill: It’s late, and we should be winding down—but somehow, we end up scrolling through our phones, binge-watching another episode, finishing up some last-minute work, or getting ...

There’s nothing more uplifting than hearing about a world-shaking, life-enhancing new development. But science shouldn’t overlook the small stuff, or stop looking for new species of cute, fluffy ...

Norton Juster has died, in Massachusetts, at age 91. He was an architect by trade. And I’m sure he did some lovely renderings and had fruitful meetings with clients. But they won’t be remembered by ...