Are Men Funnier Than Women?
Are men funnier than women? That, at least, is the stereotype. But now a scientific study in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review has tackled this question in all seriousness and come to some surprising...
View Article3 Surprising New Targets of Prejudice
Many people face prejudice, from ethnic minorities to the overweight. But recent studies have identified a few new targets of discrimination: Take, for example, atheists.read more
View ArticleNew Book Reveals Secret to Happiness
Being happy is hard: In a world filled with stressful jobs, paltry paychecks, and long lines just to get a café latte, it's all too tempting to go through life grumbling. Which is why I was excited to...
View ArticleOne More Thing for Parents to Worry About
A new worry has been added to parents' already overflowing roster of anxieties: Are they a "childist" and just don't know it? The term "childism" recently infiltrated parenting websites and playground...
View ArticleThe Fastest Way to Get Kids to Stop Crying
Crying kids are a perennial source of stress to parents (not to mention nearby airline passengers). But they've also become a topic of serious scientific study.read more
View ArticleThe Surprising Reason Why We’re Not Happier
“Why aren’t I happier?” is a question I often ask myself, and now I have the answer: Evolution is to blame. That, at least, is what I learned from Jonathan Alpert’s new book “Be Fearless: Change Your...
View ArticleMake Your Bed, Change Your Life?
Bed makers are more likely to like their jobs, own a home, exercise regularly, and feel well rested than their rumple-sheeted peers.read more
View ArticleThink You’re Fat? It’ll Make You Fat
78 percent of people who think they’re fat—even when they’re not—eventually end up overweight.read more
View ArticleMarriage Makes Women Drink
Married women drink more than single women, while married men drink less than their single pals. read more
View ArticleOne More Thing for Parents to Worry About
A new worry has been added to parents' already overflowing roster of anxieties: Are they a "childist" and just don't know it? The term "childism" recently infiltrated parenting websites and playground...
View ArticleThe Fastest Way to Get Kids to Stop Crying
Crying kids are a perennial source of stress to parents (not to mention nearby airline passengers). But they've also become a topic of serious scientific study.
View ArticleMake Your Bed, Change Your Life?
Bed makers are more likely to like their jobs, own a home, exercise regularly, and feel well rested than their rumple-sheeted peers.
View ArticleThink You’re Fat? It’ll Make You Fat
78 percent of people who think they’re fat—even when they’re not—eventually end up overweight.
View ArticleMarriage Makes Women Drink
Married women drink more than single women, while married men drink less than their single pals.
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