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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Annie Murphy Paul _Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book_ Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. ## Annie Murphy Paul *  Nov 11, 2015 ### [The Yale Controversy Is Really About Belonging](https://time.com/4108632/yale-controversy-belonging/) I felt at home at Yale—But I was a white woman who’d graduated from a private prep school [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 21, 2015 ### [How Not To Fall Asleep on the Job and Get Stuck in a Plane: A Tutorial](https://time.com/3829474/falling-asleep-on-the-job/) 45% of Americans say that poor or insufficient sleep affected their daily activities at least once i... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 10, 2015 ### [How Not To Put Your Foot in Your Mouth: A Tutorial](https://time.com/3815851/andrew-harrison-code-switch/) Speaking — especially public speaking — isn’t simply a matter of “being yourself” [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 28, 2014 ### [Why Pediatricians Are Prescribing Books](https://time.com/2934047/why-pediatricians-are-prescribing-books/) Children under five years old see their doctor at least once a year, and the opinion of a physician ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 13, 2014 ### [How to Learn to Love Math](https://time.com/2848916/learn-to-love-math/) Students have been taught that math is about right and wrong, rather than trial and error [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 4, 2014 ### [Learning Doesn't Work Like a Staircase—It Works Like an Ocean Wave](https://time.com/2818076/learning-doesnt-progress-the-way-you-think-it-does/) Slipping back to more elementary approaches is how we achieve cognitive change. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 20, 2014 ### [Be More Productive—By Doing Less](https://time.com/105981/be-more-productive-by-doing-less/) Our constant busyness prevents us from entering the associative mental state in which unexpected con... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 29, 2014 ### [How Studying or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter](https://time.com/79937/how-studying-or-working-abroad-makes-you-smarter/) Research shows that experience in other countries makes us more flexible, creative, and complex thin... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2014 ### [How To Help Low-Income Parents Talk To Their Kids About College](https://time.com/53827/how-to-help-low-income-parents-talk-to-their-kids-about-college/) How to pay for college was the top concern for most parents. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 7, 2014 ### [Succeeding in Places for Which Your Past Hasn’t Prepared You](https://time.com/51855/succeeding-in-places-for-which-your-past-hasnt-prepared-you/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 2, 2014 ### [Designing Smarter Homework](https://time.com/47057/designing-smarter-homework/) There are innovative approaches out there. Why aren't we trying them? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 13, 2014 ### [The 'Brain App' That's Better Than Spritz](https://time.com/22278/the-brain-app-thats-better-than-spritz/) There’s a check on reading speed that Spritz can’t do anything about: our ability to comprehend what... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2010 ### [How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life](https://time.com/84145/how-the-first-nine-months-shape-the-rest-of-your-life/) Cancer. Heart disease. Obesity. Depression. The new science of fetal origins traces adult health to ... 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