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34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work

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New study finds that bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies; 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls had fantasized about about killing, attacking, or humiliating someone in the past month (n = 1,465…

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New study finds children of Chernobyl survivors have no more genetic mutations than average; the authors say these results are good news for survivors of 2011's Fukushima disaster.

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New study shows that Yale's massively popular "science of well-being" online course actually does boost well-being, significantly more so than a control "Intro to Psychology" course

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Not knowing how to flirt is the main reason behind “involuntary singlehood”

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New study finds that an "empathy training" intervention for parole officers led to a 13% drop in their parolees' reoffending rates 10 months later

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Study shows that people can classify neutral facial photos of unfamiliar politicians as either autocrats or democratically-elected leaders with almost 70% accuracy; the photos of elected leaders were also rated as more attractive…

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Using an air-based hand dryer spreads ten times more germs than using paper towels, and contamination transferred onto surfaces only following air dryer use, but not paper towel use.

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New study finds two-thirds of people abandon their New Year's resolutions within a month, and that people tend to make the same resolutions year after year.

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Amount of gun use in TV violence parallels gun homicide trends among US youths

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New study finds that teens with a high IQ are more liked by their peers than average, but are also less likely to like those peers back, in part "due to the limited number of equally intelligent people."

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Study finds 76% say working from home has improved relationships with colleagues

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New study finds that conversations rarely end when people want them to; on average, participants wished their conversations had been 1.9 minutes longer.

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New study finds 20% of people have a genetic mutation that provides resilience to the cold; people lacking α-aktinin-3 are better at keeping warm and enduring a tougher climate.

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New study suggests climate change, not overhunting by humans, caused the extinction of North America's largest animals

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New study finds the number of Americans reporting "extreme" mental distress grew from 3.5% in 1993 to 6.4% in 2019; "extreme distress" here is defined as reporting serious emotional problems and mental distress in all 30 of the past 30 days

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New study finds that narcissists are less willing to self-isolate, and less likely to believe social distancing is effective

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Study proposes new theory about the origins of Chicxulub, the comet that killed off the dinosaurs: it suggests that Jupiter acts like a pinball machine, sending comets into orbits that bring them very close to the sun, which breaks them into smaller pieces more likely to impact the Earth.

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A new study finds that fathers who had a high school GPA of 1.0 have the same leadership opportunities as mothers who had a GPA of 4.0; the study was based on a sample of about 5,000 people born in the US between 1957 and 1964.

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A new study covering 114 countries finds that social pressure, rather than one's personal opinion, is the main driver behind compliance with social distancing guidelines

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Mean children grow into mean adults: a new study followed 704 children for 12 years, and found the 9% who reported frequently being mean at age 10 were up to 14x more likely to report frequently being mean at age 22

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New study shows we go to bed later and sleep less as a full moon approaches: researchers think this is because of the varying amount of natural light that the moon gives off, as the effect is stronger in rural than urban areas

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A new study from France shows that children’s eye injuries due to alcohol-based hand sanitizer have increased 700% since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; the main reason is eye-level dispensers in public places.

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In college classrooms, male students speak 1.6 times more often than female students, and interrupt more frequently, regardless of the gender of the professor or the gender makeup of the class

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New study finds that 24 out of 28 interviewed therapists say they sometimes Google their patients

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New study shows contractual texts written in ALL-CAPS hinder comprehension, yet they remain in use; older people are 29% more likely to misunderstand all-caps text

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Children with more self control are healthier and happier at age 45. They have experienced less age-related decline, with fewer signs of brain aging

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New study of US marriage statistics shows a "dramatic decline" in 2020 marriage rates

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New study finds that pandemic skeptics are younger, healthier, and more conservative than average; they are also less likely to believe that people close to them will die of the disease, and are more likely to believe that China purposefully spread the virus.

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Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of imaginary social contact

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34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work

New study finds that bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies; 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls had fantasized about about killing, attacking, or humiliating someone in the past month (n = 1,465…

New study finds children of Chernobyl survivors have no more genetic mutations than average; the authors say these results are good news for survivors of 2011's Fukushima disaster.

New study shows that Yale's massively popular "science of well-being" online course actually does boost well-being, significantly more so than a control "Intro to Psychology" course

Not knowing how to flirt is the main reason behind “involuntary singlehood”

New study finds that an "empathy training" intervention for parole officers led to a 13% drop in their parolees' reoffending rates 10 months later

Study shows that people can classify neutral facial photos of unfamiliar politicians as either autocrats or democratically-elected leaders with almost 70% accuracy; the photos of elected leaders were also rated as more attractive…

Using an air-based hand dryer spreads ten times more germs than using paper towels, and contamination transferred onto surfaces only following air dryer use, but not paper towel use.

New study finds two-thirds of people abandon their New Year's resolutions within a month, and that people tend to make the same resolutions year after year.

Amount of gun use in TV violence parallels gun homicide trends among US youths

New study finds that teens with a high IQ are more liked by their peers than average, but are also less likely to like those peers back, in part "due to the limited number of equally intelligent people."

Study finds 76% say working from home has improved relationships with colleagues

New study finds that conversations rarely end when people want them to; on average, participants wished their conversations had been 1.9 minutes longer.

New study finds 20% of people have a genetic mutation that provides resilience to the cold; people lacking α-aktinin-3 are better at keeping warm and enduring a tougher climate.

New study suggests climate change, not overhunting by humans, caused the extinction of North America's largest animals

New study finds the number of Americans reporting "extreme" mental distress grew from 3.5% in 1993 to 6.4% in 2019; "extreme distress" here is defined as reporting serious emotional problems and mental distress in all 30 of the past 30 days

New study finds that narcissists are less willing to self-isolate, and less likely to believe social distancing is effective

Study proposes new theory about the origins of Chicxulub, the comet that killed off the dinosaurs: it suggests that Jupiter acts like a pinball machine, sending comets into orbits that bring them very close to the sun, which breaks them into smaller pieces more likely to impact the Earth.

A new study finds that fathers who had a high school GPA of 1.0 have the same leadership opportunities as mothers who had a GPA of 4.0; the study was based on a sample of about 5,000 people born in the US between 1957 and 1964.

A new study covering 114 countries finds that social pressure, rather than one's personal opinion, is the main driver behind compliance with social distancing guidelines

Mean children grow into mean adults: a new study followed 704 children for 12 years, and found the 9% who reported frequently being mean at age 10 were up to 14x more likely to report frequently being mean at age 22

New study shows we go to bed later and sleep less as a full moon approaches: researchers think this is because of the varying amount of natural light that the moon gives off, as the effect is stronger in rural than urban areas

A new study from France shows that children’s eye injuries due to alcohol-based hand sanitizer have increased 700% since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; the main reason is eye-level dispensers in public places.

In college classrooms, male students speak 1.6 times more often than female students, and interrupt more frequently, regardless of the gender of the professor or the gender makeup of the class

New study finds that 24 out of 28 interviewed therapists say they sometimes Google their patients

New study shows contractual texts written in ALL-CAPS hinder comprehension, yet they remain in use; older people are 29% more likely to misunderstand all-caps text

Children with more self control are healthier and happier at age 45. They have experienced less age-related decline, with fewer signs of brain aging

New study of US marriage statistics shows a "dramatic decline" in 2020 marriage rates

New study finds that pandemic skeptics are younger, healthier, and more conservative than average; they are also less likely to believe that people close to them will die of the disease, and are more likely to believe that China purposefully spread the virus.

Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of imaginary social contact