
Why Some Male Leaders Won’t Follow COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Men often think masks and other precautions make them look like wimps

Why Some Male Leaders Won’t Follow COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Men often think masks and other precautions make them look like wimps

Quarantine Lessons from Lobsters, Guppies, Finches and Galileo
In this issue, a quantum mystery is solved, and we learn how to measure what matters


How Your Homes and Buildings Affect You
Journalist and author Emily Anthes talks about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness.

The Real Reason for Daylight Saving Time: Gas
Originally published in August 1908

Why Doctors Are Posing in Swimwear on Social Media
A study purporting to uncover “unprofessionalism” spurred a #MedBikini backlash

Picturing God as a White Man Is Linked to Racial Stereotypes about Leaders
Pervasive racial images associated with the Almighty shape who people see as worthy of being in charge

Don’t Blame Psychologists (Do) for Subliminal Advertising
Originally published in August 1958

Why Young Americans Are Lonely
And what we can do about it

The Power of Scientific Brainstorming
The process can be inefficient, but it can also get research out of a rut

What AIDS Taught Us about Dealing with COVID-19
It’s foolhardy to assume that only some categories of people are at risk

The Psychological Toll of Rude E-mails
Research reveals the subtle ways that impolite electronic communication at work brings you down

Overcoming Psychological Biases Is the Best Treatment against COVID-19 Yet
In responding to the pandemic, society may be hampered by cognitive and political beliefs that distort judgments and lead to irrational decisions