If you receive an unexpected cash windfall, you may be tempted to rush out and spend the money on something you’ve always wanted. In certain circumstances, it may be fine to splurge a little bit, but ...

Sometimes life doesn’t knock; it throws open the door with a spark of surprise. One moment, everything feels steady...a great job, a familiar routine, a life that fits just right. And then, out of ...

Shobi Sivathamboo receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with The International League Against Epilepsy SUDEP Task Force. When 20-year-old Disney Channel star ...

Oh no! You've gone to meet a friend for a catch-up lunch. The friend has an unexpected holiday gift for you. You have nothing to give in return. The problem: Receiving an unexpected gift is a common ...

Delightful surprises like this can make your whole day. Of course, not all surprises are good ones—those two women could have just as easily chastised me for interrupting their conversation. But in ...

Researchers have discovered how two brain areas, neocortex and thalamus, work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and actual events. These prediction ...

This article originally appeared on Dec. 30, 2015. As an entrepreneur, unforeseen challenges are going to constitute the bulk of your workdays. It might be something big, like a long-committed ...

Life Unexpected returned this week after a hiatus. “Thanks Ungiven” brought the whole motley crew together for a special Thanksgiving episode.

UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION is a Blue Screen Stop Error on Windows 11/10 that indicates that the store component caught an unexpected exception. Out of many potential ...

You reach over a stove to pick up a pot. What you didn’t realize was that the burner was still on. Ouch! That painful accident probably taught you a lesson. It’s adaptive to learn from unexpected ...