In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement. Jeffrey Kluger academicachievementadult Change image and share on social
Operating-room errors hold a special terror for patients, if only because they seem like the most avoidable kind of complications. The occasional horror stories of patients who have the wrong leg removed or the wrong knee replaced generate the most headlines, as do tales of patients whose identities are mixed up entirely. Jeffrey Kluger avoidablecomplicationerror share on social
Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the greatest interpersonal resources you'll ever have. Jeffrey Kluger childestrangefull share on social
There's plenty to read about keeping your sanity while raising children, but it's all common-sense stuff about task division and taking breaks and the relentlessly repeated magic of date night with your spouse. What's missing is some 'tude. Jeffrey Kluger breakchildcommon share on social
There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all? Jeffrey Kluger acceptagreeanimal share on social
There are a lot of ways to make people not like you, but one of the most powerful - if least fair - is to be really, really successful. Nobody resents the guy who just lost his job. But the guy whose Internet start-up made him a billionaire at 25? That's a whole different kettle of envy. Jeffrey Kluger billionaireenvyfair share on social
A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was. Jeffrey Kluger belldesigndigestive share on social
When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally wilder than girls, and adolescents are wilder than kids of any other age. If you've got an adolescent boy, you're in the sweet spot for trouble. Jeffrey Kluger adolescentageagree share on social
Jellyfish serve as a model for bioengineers for the same reason yeast were once so valuable to geneticists: they're simple to deconstruct. Jeffrey Kluger bioengineersdeconstructgeneticist Change image and share on social
My family went through divorces and remarriages and the later, blended home - and then watched that home explode, too. Jeffrey Kluger blenddivorceexplode Change image and share on social