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There Are 3 Things We Have to Do to Get People Wearing Masks
APS Member/Author: Angela Duckworth Hong Kong has so far reported a grand total of four coronavirus-related deaths, while New York City has reported over 20,000. Here’s another striking comparison: Close to 99 percent of Hong Kong
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What Our Post-Pandemic Behavior Might Look Like
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when it wasn’t widely understood that germs could pass from person to person.Before the late 1800s, habits likesharing cups with strangers and spitting in public even amidst
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The Growth Mindset: Spurring A More Skilled, Engaged And Innovative Workforce
In the past, it may have been acceptable to attend school, learn a skill and then use said skill for the duration of one’s career. Today’s reality looks much different: The half-life of skills, or
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The Surprising Power of Social Outreach
APS Member/Author: Nicholas Epley Among the many pains associated with coronavirus is a feeling of helplessness. Even if you are sheltered in place, you can do more good than you may think by reaching out
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Why We’ve Been Saying ‘Sorry’ All Wrong
Academics are sorry that apology research is floundering. New discoveries on apologies rarely appear because the studies are challenging to design, not unlike determining whether woodpeckers get headaches, or boiling the ocean. Cindy Frantz, a
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Coping with ‘Death Awareness’ in the COVID-19 Era
… The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of us a lot closer to our impermanence. Faced with news photographs of makeshift morgues and dire headlines reporting body counts, we see that all of us, from Tom