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The Head of the U.S.'s Earth Sciences Agency Gives Weird Answers to Questions About Climate Change
Asked when scientists would know enough about climate change for people to take action, he compared time to a rubber band.
What Natural Disasters Can Do to Your Mind
How the recent California wildfires upended my very sense of time.
How Leisure Time Transformed Society and Politics
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.
Why Are Some People Habitually Late?
There's no single root cause, but over-politeness, optimism, multitasking, and a range of other factors can contribute.
That Time the Philippines Skipped a Day
And it took decades for the rest of the world to notice.
When Prejudice Makes Time Slow Down
An experiment suggests a source of racial bias in job interviews, visits to the doctor, and confrontations with police.
How Time Tricks Our Minds
The brain sometimes renders new and traumatic events in slow motion so it can adequately inventory the details.
Time-as-Money Mindset Decreases Green Behaviors
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.
Time Is Money, but You Don't Need to Work Non-Stop
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.
Time Waits for No Man, but It Feels That Way to the Powerful
New research finds having power increases the perception one has plenty of time.
Texas Is Dying: 3.6 Million People Left Between 2000 and 2010
The Lone Star State loves population growth, but that's a faulty way to measure economic development.
Time Flying By? You're Getting Old (and Stressed)
New research shows that time seems to move faster as we get older because we're more stressed.
Free Your Mind: Experience Awe, Have More Time
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.