More money keeps helping well-being, but each gain gets smaller
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Harvard study: emotional intelligence, not IQ, lifts team performance
Harvard researchers found some people consistently help any team they join beat expectations, and the trait that set them apart was skill at reading others, not IQ.
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French colonizers paid bounties for rat tails, so villagers bred rats to profit
By Ainura Kalau · Oct 28, 2026
How benign neglect made Gen X unexpectedly resilient to life's hardships
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Jury awards biologist $6 million in defamation case, verdict expected to face appeal
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Cleaning vacant lots reduced gun violence nearly 29 percent in Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods
By Sanchana Charles · Oct 17, 2026
Chicago program slashes violent-crime arrests by nearly half among boys
By Sanchana Charles · Oct 15, 2026
In 1518, Strasbourg hired musicians when a woman danced in the street
By Nato Lagidze · Oct 8, 2026
Illinois rebranded invasive carp as "copi" to get Americans to eat it
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Venice started charging tourists just to walk through its streets
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Ancient stone monument's true origin revealed by tiny mineral traces
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