What Is Less Scary in the Dark?
There is a way that the dark makes us feel safer—and this has implications for our health
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Early Life Experience: It's in Your DNA
Surprising study suggests experiences while young causes brain to experience changes to the genome
Do Trump Tweets Spur Hate Crimes?
Study makes strong case that president’s Twitter activity encourages anti-Muslim crimes
How Identity, Not Issues, Explains the Partisan Divide
New research has disturbing implications
How Fathers Can Change What It Means to Be a Man
There are strong negative stereotypes about males—but how we see dads could change that
Why Female Entrepreneurs Have a Harder Time Raising Venture Capital
There is a subtle but important difference in the questions investors tend to ask
The Problem with "Learning Styles"
There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies
Why We Need to Take Pet Loss Seriously
How to handle grief after a pet’s death—and why we all need to change our attitudes about it
The Science of Altering Consciousness
In a new book, best-selling author Michael Pollan explores psychedelics and the mind
Who Speaks Up in the Face of Uncivil Behavior?
Psychologists develop a theory of who stands up, and who lets it pass