I have a million things to do every day. (OK, maybe more like 87, but that’s plenty for the 16 wakeful hours I have.) I’m betting you do, too. And as time has grown more and more precious, people like ...

When children first learn to read, they move their eyes haltingly along lines of text as they try to figure out the words they encounter. Through years of practice, however, most people become highly ...

Due to the physical limitations of tongue, breath and the brain-to-speech interface, words come out of most of us at a rate that lags well behind listeners’ ability to comprehend. That’s why I’m an ...

We’re all trying to be more ‘mindful’ and ‘find space’ in our day, but what if there was a simple hack to cram a little bit more in every day? If you love podcasts, there’s a new trend you need try - ...

Earlier this year, Slate moved its offices from Manhattan to downtown Brooklyn. This turned out to be a unique blessing—I reside in Brooklyn, and my daily commute has been cut nearly in half. But it’s ...

It started, for Ashlee Vance, with an email. The author of a recent (and much-quoted) biography of the tech entrepreneur Elon Musk recently received a note from a reader, the CEO of the San ...

Audiobooks and podcasts are popular ways to pass the time during commutes to work or other tedious activities, but have you ever felt like you could be consuming the content at a much quicker rate?

There are so many good podcasts out there (including Lifehacker’s The Upgrade), but there’s only so much time in a day. The Wall Street Journal reported on “podcasts nuts” who make time for podcasts ...