Imagine you finish a hard test and decide to take a break, only to discover you have three essays, two assignments, and a test coming up. Instead of giving your mind a breather, you head to the library for yet another study session. This is why many college students, as well as adults, fail to […]
Academics mostly keep to themselves. They stay in their offices or labs, and they venture out to classrooms or conferences with (hopefully) interested audiences and other people who understand their passions and frustrations. They spend months or years collecting evidence and formulating theories to be able to share them with their colleagues and advance the
In the scientific community, the consensus on human-caused global warming is almost universal — a recent study from Environmental Research Letters found that more than 99 percent of peer-reviewed papers agreed that humans are causing global warming and climate change. However, among Americans, the belief in anthropogenic climate change is not nearly as strong, with
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When it comes to the complexity of human behavior, no behavior is more intricate than the social nets we weave. In complex social networks, empathy is an important key to social behavior, but because it is felt emotionally complicates the matter. When it comes to the brain and personality, many people might be aware of
Drugs are highly stigmatized in society. Furthermore, there exists a particular stigma regarding drug use for those in the scientific community. Many companies, hospitals, and research facilities include drug testing in their hiring process. In fact, according to the American Addiction Centers, healthcare and hospital-related jobs were the second most common positions to require drug
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The neat-freak and the slob, the good girl and the bad boy, the introvert and the extrovert. All are recurring tropes in our media (and maybe everyday life too) that seem to embody the phrase “opposites attract.” The saying is used to justify every seemingly insignificant or extremely vast difference within romantic couples. But are
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Imagine you finish a hard test and decide to take a break, only to discover you have three essays, two assignments, and a test coming up. Instead of giving your mind a breather, you head to the library for yet another study session. This is why many college students, as well as adults, fail to
In the next decade or two, when adults unpack the lasting impact of their childhood experiences, research on these facetious creatures could be the reason why therapists have such astute insights into the topic. A 2021 study published in Nature Communications used 28 years of data on wild spotted hyenas’ social habits, genetic composition, and
Trauma is a near-universal experience. According to the National Council for Behavioral Health, 70 percent of U.S. adults have experienced a traumatic event in their lifetime. In accordance with this statistic, one would expect post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to have a similar prevalence. However, the National Institute of Mental Health places the lifetime prevalence of
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