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I was having dinner with several people I’ve known a long time. As we were conversing, two of them disagreed over something minor, but it escalated quickly. At first I was baffled by both the tenor...
The staggering increases in depression and suicide in children and teens since the early 2000s coincide with the widespread use of smartphones and the rise of social media. Although there is evidence of links...
Many people who have never experienced real poverty have a hard time understanding why so many poor people seem to stay that way. The solutions seem so obvious. Why don’t poor people just work...
For many years, researchers looked at behavior only from the top down. Think of Pavlov’s dogs, drooling in response to a sound they’d been taught to associate with food. But Jaak Panksepp challenged that....
Writing in Slate, Anna Nordberg notes that beneath the feudal politics, violence and magic that drive the plot of Game of Thrones, the show quietly demonstrates the importance and lasting power of growing up...
“Fat-shaming … needs to make a comeback,” HBO talk show host Bill Maher said in a recent monologue. After pointing out that obesity is a leading cause of death, he argued: “We shamed people...
Dear Students, How soon after arriving at college did you hear about campus counseling, mental health services, or peer support groups? Before your first class? Before you unpacked your clothes? At orientation? In a...
Everyone with a child has worried about raising their kid right. And, if you’re a parent, you’ve probably had someone try to allay your fears with the ageless proverb, “It takes a village to...
Cleveland’s News 5 recently found a terrific non-traffic-related use for its helicopter: showing dramatic differences in tree canopy cover between Cleveland’s neighborhoods and nearby suburbs like Shaker Heights. Shaker is well covered; most of...
Perhaps you’ve seen this quote shared on social media: “You cannot suffer the past or future because they do not exist. What you are suffering is your memory and your imagination.” Presumably it’s meant...
