A study examining the effects of harmine, a major component of ayahuasca, found that it produces no significant psychoactive effects in doses up to 500 mg

A case report describes a rare side effect: A 25-year-old woman developed sudden compulsive sexual behavior after increasing her escitalopram dose

Retractions and the politicization of science - Retracted COVID-19 articles have circulated widely on social media

Study finds long term use of methylphenidate in late adolescent and early adult individuals with ADHD does not cause cardiovascular dysfunction, based on Echocardiographic evaluation

A new study found that e-cigarette advocates (many with ties to Big Tobacco) dominate Twitter's tobacco policy discourse, amplifying anti-regulatory messages far beyond public sentiment.

A new study, which is the largest of its kind, has found misogyny not only perpetuates gender inequality but is also linked to a range of negative outcomes, including reduced economic productivity…

Older adults disproportionately hindered by touch screen interfaces (2023)

Cumulative indirect exposure to police violence incidents politically mobilizes Black Americans (outcomes: voting, attending protest or meeting)

Academic urban legends: spinach as a source of iron

Findings of a longitudinal study of 1,205 children suggest that classroom norm salience towards aggression may become more important in the later elementary school years and that children of higher-educated parents may be more able to adapt their behavior toward the classroom norm - OPEN ACCESS

Systematic review and network meta-analysis finds psychedelics, especially psilocybin and LSD, showed promising effects on depression and anxiety in people with terminal illnesses.

The History of Cholera in Great Britain (1947)

In Germany, rising local rents increase support for radical right parties

Data from 2000-2020 finds decline in unionization led to increased income inequality in Canada. This finding was consistent for all provinces

How Statistical Challenges and Misreadings of the Literature Combine to Produce Unreplicable Science: An Example From Psychology

Finance as a form of economic planning

Automating away the centre. Optimal planning and the menace of bureaucratisation

Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)

High childcare costs are a driver of US inequality – When childcare costs are high, mothers without college degrees reduce their participation in the workforce whereas college-educated mothers do not

Particulates Matter: The Influence of Cumulative Local Air Pollution Exposure on Sixth-Grade Academic Achievement in California

Venezuelans who hold positive views of the future and have more regular access to electricity indicate less desire to emigrate, while individual and communal resources like social capital and individual resources like access to US dollars have no measurable impact.

Adolescent women who lived in a location with fewer abortion restrictions and adolescent women who had an abortion (compared to a live birth) are more likely to have graduated from college, have higher incomes, and have greater financial stability over the subsequent 25 years.

Satyagraha: The Highest Practise of Democracy and Freedom

One third of incels discuss sexual violence against women

Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others

Meta-analysis shows a link between Machiavellianism and Intimate Partner Violence perpetration

A Review of Academic Use of the Term “Minor Attracted Persons”

Depressed adolescents twice as likely to vape: Study on Australian high school students finds those who reported severe depressive symptoms were over twice as likely to have tried e-cigarettes, compared to those reporting no depressive symptoms.

Findings of a longitudinal study of 1.205 children suggest that classroom norm salience towards aggression may become more important in the later elementary school years and that children of higher-educated parents may be more able to adapt their behavior toward the classroom norm - OPEN ACCESS

People Place Larger Bets When Risky Choices Provide a Postbet Option to Cash Out: Studies find cash-out gambling availability increased participants’ bet amounts by up to 35%

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