Procrastination, the deliberate but detrimental deferring of tasks, has many forms. Sahiti Chebolu of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics uses a precise mathematical framework to ...

We’ve all heard of procrastination—the art of putting off until tomorrow (or next year) what could be done today. But have you met its hyper-enthusiastic cousin, pre-crastination? Instead of lounging ...

Who amongst us hasn’t had the experience of knowing what we should do to feel better yet continuing to do the exact opposite? If you’re like most people, you probably have plenty of experience with ...

Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly feel compelled to tidy a drawer or reorganize the apps on our phone.

Ironically, here’s a video about the science of procrastination that you can watch to avoid doing some other task. But it’s not quite the singularity that it could be, because it also gives you some ...

Young adults love TikTok. In 2024, the app had nearly 2.5 billion active users, 60% of them under 35 years old. Increasingly, young people are turning to TikTok for advice and information on a range ...