The Harry Potter audiobooks helped Katy Milkman make a foundational discovery about exercise behavior. A Harvard graduate student at the time, she was struggling to work out. Once a varsity tennis ...

It’s time to set goals for the coming year, and a psychologist has some hints for helping you to make those changes last. John Norcross, a professor of psychology at the University of Scranton, is one ...

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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

2026 is coming. It’s time to set some New Year’s resolutions that you will definitely not abandon by March. After all, this is the year you'll get your life together. “Typically, at the end of the ...

There is certainly no lack of good ideas for 2026: eating healthier, drinking less alcohol, meditating more often, and so on and so forth. Wait a minute! Aren't the resolutions you had this past year, ...

Did you know that by the end of the first week into the new year, 77% of resolutions will have already failed (Norcross, 1988)? Yikes! You might ask yourself, "Why bother trying?" Well, you should.

New Year’s resolutions certainly get a bad rap. Jokes about the gym being crowded on January 1 but empty by February are par for the course. It’s enough to make you wonder if it’s even worth it to ...