Some stories take you on a long journey. ("Lord of the Rings," anyone?) Anton Chekhov's masterpiece, "Three Sisters," does as well; this time, however, it is a complex philosophical journey instead of ...

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Imagine two people yearning to find the meaning of life. They each go and spend a decade researching, asking experts, and contemplating to find the answer. The first person returns ashen-faced and ...

Older people who have a strong sense of spiritual belief and personal meaning in life are less likely to suffer from depression or mental health problems even when they have lost a spouse within the ...

This post is part two of a series (to read Part 1, click here). “For most of us, to be caffeinated to one degree or another has simply become baseline human consciousness...it’s easy to overlook the ...

Science has given us so much. We ultimately owe speedy transportation, enthralling entertainment, life-saving advances, full bellies, and longer, healthier lives to individuals who asked questions, ...

I watched the news this morning, in an attempt to be a responsible, well-informed citizen. You probably know how this goes. The news was overwhelmingly very bad. The plague is surging. The terrorists ...

COVID-19 brought existential questions to the fore as we contemplated the real possibility of death from an invisible threat. In 1967, a generation of young Americans emerged from the Summer of Love ...

A new study suggests that depression diminishes a person’s sense of meaning in life by triggering feelings of loneliness and lowering their self-evaluation. The research identifies specific ...