This is a newsletter about the science of living better, by the author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators. It's a brief newsletter with advice, rooted in science, that helps us all get a little better at life.
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The Science of Better
This is a newsletter about the science of living better, by the author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators. It's a brief newsletter with advice, rooted in science, that helps us all get a little better at life.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more How Do I Learn A New Skill? Wondering if doing the crossword will help you remember where you left your car keys? Or learning to juggle will push you in the gym? There's a science to learning new skills — and a formula to which kinds of lessons make us better. Which kinds of skills should I learn? Learning new skills has real benefits, particularly as we age: In one study, adults who engaged in 'novel skill learning' improved memory and attention...
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Why do we celebrate Halloween? Everyone loves Halloween, right? But it's also kind of ... random. Why do we dress up in costumes? And hand out candy? Why October 31? And what makes clowns so scary? In this special edition of the newsletter, science has some answers. When your kid says they want to be a smoke detector, they get to be a smoke detector. Why does this holiday exist anyway? Halloween traces back to the ancient Celtic festival of...
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more How Can I Learn More About Sports? Fall is here! Which means homecoming games, the World Series, basketball and eventually the Super Bowl (not to mention next summer's World Cup). How can you get up to speed? If you want to start playing (or watching) a sport, do it with friends (and a coach). When one researcher decided to learn four new sports in a year (table tennis, swimming, badminton and cricket) he found it was critical to have a 'sports...