Articles by

Sujata Gupta

Chess players rely on familiar moves even when the game changes

Last year, my son joined the middle school chess club and began using me, a total novice,...

Uncertainty is on the rise. Here’s how people can cope

The rapid pace of change under the current presidential administration has been amping up people’s feelings of...

Loneliness is higher among middle-aged Americans than older ones

Across the world, loneliness tends to increase after midlife. But for reasons that aren’t altogether clear, the...

A messed-up body clock could be a bigger problem than lack of sleep

On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, I flew home to Vermont from California. Crossing several time...

Married men are doing more cleaning and laundry than in the past

Historically, married women in the United States have done the lion’s share of their households’ laundry, cooking...

Why some chaos-seekers just want to watch the world burn

Since President Donald Trump took office a few weeks ago, the administration’s frenetic activity, which has included withdrawing...

Breaking negative thought patterns could ward off anxiety, depression

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders....

Are AI chatbot ‘personalities’ in the eye of the beholder?

When Yang “Sunny” Lu asked OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 to calculate 1-plus-1 a few years ago, the chatbot, not...