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What’s Scarier than the Coronavirus?
Our extreme responses to COVID-19 have revealed an underlying societal vulnerability that is more concerning than the virus itself
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The Good News about Women and STEM
Programs aimed at making workplaces more inclusive are showing signs of success
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When We’re Wrong, It’s Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So
We tried to reproduce our 2012 paper on how to make people report their income more honestly—and we ended up refuting it
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COVID-19’s Psychosocial Impacts
The pandemic is putting enormous stress on all of us but especially on health care workers and other specific groups
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Those Precautions for Avoiding the Coronavirus May Seem Extreme, But ...
That’s the wrong way to think about them
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Near Real-Time Studies Look for Behavioral Measures Vital to Stopping Coronavirus
The goal is to identify the best means of encouraging individuals to change the way they live. Young people may need more convincing
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The Surprisingly Old Science of Living as Transgender
In the 20th century’s middle decades, the first recipient of phalloplasty surgery fought to be recognized as a man
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A Physicist for President?
Recent events make it clear that it couldn’t hurt to elect someone who applies the scientific method to thinking and decision-making
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A Clever Way to Reduce Drinking on Campus
Making advice seem “random” reduces resistance, a study shows
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This Is Your Brain on Crosswords
Those black-and-white squares can help us understand how memory works
Mental Health
COVID-19: Dealing with Social Distancing
Judy Moskowitz, a professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University, talks about ways to cope during this time of missing out on our usual diet of social interactions.
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Could Video Games and Other Entertainment Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19?
It’s not as crazy as it might sound
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Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed?
They weren't trained as engineers—but they were raised to have an insatiable intellectual curiosity
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Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
What do we gain and what do we lose when classrooms go virtual?
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How to Prevent Loneliness in a Time of Social Distancing
Here’s advice for preserving your mental health while avoiding physical proximity
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How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Moral Compass?
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? What if you had to cause harm with your own hands? Your answer may depend on the emotions you’re feeling
It’s Time to Take Delirium Seriously
The most common complication of hospitalization for older patients can often be prevented
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A New Tool for Humanizing Medicine
It’s called the ABT Template, and if you want to talk to patients simply and clearly, it’s ideal
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The Problem with Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests
Despite caveats in ads and on packages, users can fail to understand their limitations
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Your Kids Are Heavier Than You Think
New research ties parents’ misperceptions of their offspring’s weight to childhood obesity
