Pocket’s Top-Saved Stories of the Week: November 30, 2024

You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.

We picked the 25 most important recipes of the past century. Then I spent one month cooking every single one. I was not prepared.

They’re consistent, convenient, and tasty. And at a time of food recalls and outbreaks, they’re one of the riskiest things you could possibly eat.

Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?

The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.

I don’t know all the ways to get our good intentions unblocked. That’s why, whenever I spot someone changing the world via a righteous road less taken, I write it down on a little list.

A two-hour interview is enough to accurately capture your values and preferences, according to new research from Stanford and Google DeepMind.

With cold season fast approaching, it’s time to find out which chicken soup will soothe your soul.

John Calhoun designed an apartment complex for mice to examine the effects of overcrowding. It was hailed as a groundbreaking study of social breakdown, but is largely forgotten. So what happened?

We often consider spoken language to be a feature that distinguishes humans from other forms of animal life. Brain research, however, suggests that other creatures — including certain birds — share some of our neural circuitry related to language.

Junk food vs. Ozempic, how to be a better gift-giver, and why some people can’t stand the sound of their own voice.