Giving your time and money does lift people, but only when you give it a certain way
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 29, 2026
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A 2025 study co-authored at the University of Toronto found that effortfully trying to maximize happiness can consume the same mental…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 29, 2026
The Hawthorne effect is named after a pattern in 1920s factory lighting data that nobody checked against the records for eighty years
By The Long View · Aug 28, 2026
Integrity does grow in families, but not the way strong family principles suggests
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 28, 2026
Every autumn in northern Japan, carrion crows in the city of Sendai drop walnuts onto pedestrian crossings, wait for cars to crush the…
By The Long View · Aug 28, 2026
“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life”
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 28, 2026
Being smart does not protect you from bias, and can quietly make it worse
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 28, 2026
Perfect pitch was long thought to require a rare predisposition and musical training in early childhood
By Mind & Matter · Aug 28, 2026
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 28, 2026
Sheep have a face-recognition system so similar to our own that researchers at the University of Cambridge are using them to study…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 27, 2026
There is an old saying that bad men attract good women, and the psychology of first impressions explains why it looks true even though the…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 27, 2026
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 27, 2026