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What Really Happens During a Hangover
A hangover is more than dehydration. What really happens in your body the morning after? From the alcohol…
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Why Sleeping In Gives You a Headache
You looked forward to a morning without an alarm and woke with a throbbing head. How can more…
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Introvert or extrovert: the quiet brain and the loud brain
At a party, one person charges up while the other quietly drains away. What does science really say…
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3.200 Years of Perfume
On a clay tablet in Berlin stands the name of Tapputi — a woman who made perfume 3,200…
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Setting boundaries: why one no outweighs ten yeses
You gave for years. You said no once, and the warmth disappeared. That is not ingratitude, it is…
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Manipulation: Your Brain Is Not an Honest Witness
Two famous experiments, on the optimism bias and our discomfort with silence, show how easily the mind is…
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Pawn and King: Who You Remain When Everything Goes Against You
A pawn sees a king in the mirror. What does that picture really say about self-image, identity, and…
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Screen time and children: from homo erectus to gamer, and what the science really says
Maybe you know the scene: you call out “dinner’s ready”, and off they go again with their plate,…
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Procrastination: why “tomorrow” is not a plan, and “tomorrow at 7 pm” is
An intention without a time is a parcel without an address. What the science says about procrastination, and…
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Letting go: why your brain clings to yesterday
A line from a cartoon turned out not to be Eleanor Roosevelt’s wisdom, yet the thought holds. Why…