In 2012, Cassidy Krug competed in her first and last Olympics. Raised by two diving coaches, Krug was in diapers when she started dreaming of competing. At 27 years old, she had a shot at the Olympic ...

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In 2011, Victor Saad, a secondary school teacher, decided he wanted a new career. At first, he considered getting an MBA. But when he reflected on what he really wanted from it — credibility in the ...

Making a Human is a complex process that I figured out simply through associations (though it took me quite some time to puzzle out those associations). Making a Human is also how you get to the Life ...

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The chips are down, the clock’s running out, and the underdog is staging a comeback. Fans of sports movies know the scene well. Whether it’s the worst team in the league defying the doubters by ...

One tip: Do it over chocolate cake. By Jancee Dunn I recently hosted a strange family gathering: an end-of-life lunch. It was my sister Dinah’s idea. She had been saying for months that it was time to ...

Chris Duffy isn't going to sugarcoat it: Making friends as an adult is hard. If you’ve ever tried to figure out exactly how to ask a potential platonic connection for their number—or word that first ...