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For Better Science, Bring on the Revolutionaries
A leading biologist at Harvard, Pardis Sabeti, has called out the replication movement in psychology, calling it a “cautionary tale” of how efforts to reform research may “end up destroying new ideas before they are
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For better science, call off the revolutionaries
Even in science, revolutions often go far beyond reason. This year, let’s hope that scientists of all stripes — but especially social psychologists — will slow down and start approaching one another with greater respect.
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This One Thing Makes You a Nicer Person
Mindfulness — the practice of staying attuned to what’s happening in the present moment — is a bonafide health trend right now, and for good reason. Research suggests it can reduce stress, help with problem
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Why the UK Just Appointed a Minister for Loneliness
There’s a new minister in the United Kingdom, and the position’s theme song might as well be The Beatles’ hit song “Eleanor Rigby,” which implores the public to “look at all the lonely people.” More
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The compassion deficit
The morning Chris Sampson performed his extraordinary act of compassion began in ordinary fashion, as such mornings usually do. It was an April weekday, rush hour in Edmonton’s Churchill LRT station, a drowsy crowd gathered
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Humblebragging Makes People Dislike You, According to Science
Your false modesty isn’t fooling anyone, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. — “It’s such a common phenomenon. All of us know some people