Time

How the recent California wildfires upended my very sense of time.

• By Richard Heinberg

With their newfound spare time in the post-war era, many Americans joined clubs and started attending meetings that rapidly changed political parties in the United States.

• By Seth Masket

There's no single root cause, but over-politeness, optimism, multitasking, and a range of other factors can contribute.

• By Rick Paulas

And it took decades for the rest of the world to notice.

• By Sarah Laskow

An experiment suggests a source of racial bias in job interviews, visits to the doctor, and confrontations with police.

• By Nathan Collins

The brain sometimes renders new and traumatic events in slow motion so it can adequately inventory the details.

• By Rick Paulas

New research finds paying people an hourly wage, or otherwise getting them to think in time-as-money terms, makes them less likely to act in environmentally friendly ways.

• By Tom Jacobs

Indiana, we love you, but your clocks are way too confusing.

• By Maggie Gram

The aphorism is so ingrained in us that, unable to trace back its history, we consider it a part of our collective subconscious, but a new class of company is pushing industrial attitudes aside in favor of a healthier work-life balance.

• By Kyle Chayka

New research finds having power increases the perception one has plenty of time.

• By Tom Jacobs

Probably. And no one, at least no Canadian, seems to care.

• By Ryan Jacobs

The Lone Star State loves population growth, but that's a faulty way to measure economic development.

• By Jim Russell

New research shows that time seems to move faster as we get older because we're more stressed.

• By Sarah Sloat

If it feels like the day isn't long enough to do everything you'd like, research suggests adding a dash of wonder to stretch out the moment.

• By Bonnie Tsui