With summer holidays approaching, parents everywhere brace themselves for the inevitable chorus of “I’m bored!” While handing over a screen may seem like the easiest solution, why not turn this summer ...

But maybe there are better options. Why do we get bored? How should we overcome it? Activities, stimulation and plain old fun make boredom hard to find at the Minnesota Children's Museum.

Macworld About 45% of respondents in one survey said they put learning a new language on their New Year’s resolution list—did ...

Francis Fukuyama’s signature post-Cold War idea – that we’ve arrived at the “end of history” – is often criticized as being laughably wrong in light of subsequent events. As communist ...

I don’t know what to do about it. The things that used to be exciting are no longer exciting, and I just don’t know why. Can you offer any insight? -- Bored and Disinterested DEAR BORED ...

When Mark Fenske’s youngest son came to him complaining of boredom, he could tell it was an agonizing experience. But Fenske, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Guelph, also knew ...