#psychology
# health
We've made such a deal of being happy and optimistic, it's making us more fatalistic, depressed, and in denial. So how do we find real happiness?
# politics
A massively profitable global industry got that way by showing people only what they already believe. Now we're dealing with the fallout.
# health
The quest for a minimalistic life could be the best thing for the future of humanity.
# science
New research says that talking to strangers has a lot of mental benefits. And they may just help us out of the societal mess we're in today.
# longform
Today's conspiracy theorists are baffling to old school skeptics because their motives are completely different, much simpler, and much more disturbing.
# science
Mastering your emotions and understanding what others feel and why can make you more resistant to fake news and social media hoaxes.
# science
Some of those who claim to be victims fighting against injustice may have much darker motives than they'll admit, even to themselves…
# science
Plenty of pundits have quipped that social media and constant texting made us lonelier, more bitter, and less empathetic. A set of new studies says they may actually have a point.
# science
How do societies that try to educate kids to share, cooperate, and respect each other end up being bullied by toxic, shameless people to refuse to do any of the above?
# science
It's not just you. We're all nearing our wits' end this year, and that's going to make the pandemic and what comes after it worse.
# science
We know that teenagers think differently from adults because their brains aren't finished forming. But how does an adolescent brain transform into an adult one?
# politics
Widespread fraud and financial misdeeds have cost us trillions of dollars, but we're having trouble holding the perpetrators responsible. Is it because our minds can't process it?
# science
People are consuming more news than ever before and it's making them angrier, more frustrated, and overwhelmed thanks to the people who dominate the news cycles.
# science
The longest ever study of intergenerational narcissistic traits finds that millennials are not as sensitive and self-absorbed as boomers.
# health
Researchers tried to test whether debates about vaccination lead to more extreme polarization and found a complete shutdown of all debate. But is their study critically flawed?
