There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Earlier this week, Amazon made a small but important change to its Kindle FAQ page (as spotted by Good E-Reader), all-but-confirming what many E-Reader enthusiasts have known for some time: Reading on ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

A large-scale randomized trial of texting therapy concluded that its outcomes were as good as video sessions in treating depression. By Ellen Barry One of the most popular mental health innovations of ...