A shamefully long time after the paper or project was first announced, you finally sit down to get it done — only because today is the due date. Now you’re sweating buckets while mentally reprimanding ...

Meta-analyses are very popular in the scientific literature. Although they may suffer from selection effects, missing both published and unpublished studies, we typically agree that it's useful and ...

Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. We are all familiar with common oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, boneless ribs, deafening silence or sweet sorrow, ...

Procrastination can be a problem in our lives. It can hinder your ability to achieve the goals you set out for yourself. It can cause us to feel anxious if we wait until the last minute to work on an ...

Accomplishing tasks at their defined time is the often-recommended approach, but waiting for a better time to do the task is not that bad either. An article by Jonh Rampton published on ...