Anthony D. Fredericks :Atychiphobia is not a word that pops up in many conversations around the water cooler at work....
John-Tyler Binfet, PhD :There are different ways to be kind. One approach is what is known as “Quiet Kindness,” where...
Avrum Weiss, PhD : Around the country, people are making their lists and checking them twice, trying to make sure...
Tony Evans, PhD :In a new study, groups of researchers teamed up to conduct a “megastudy” testing different approaches to...
Marc Bekoff, PhD :A few months ago I was asked to write an endorsement for a book edited by a...
Avrum Weiss, PhD :Around the country, people are making their lists and checking them twice, trying to make sure they...
Life Desk :Subah Saiyara Mahbub is a 12th grade high school student in Queens, New York. She moved to New...
Eric Haseltine, PhD :Last week I asked my brother Bill, a molecular biologist and a founder of the field of...
Peter Gray, PhD :If we care about the happiness and healthy development of children, we should be very concerned about what is happening with preschools. Increasingly, they are becoming what kindergartens have sadly become, that is, places for academic training of little children regardless of their interest in or readiness for it. This has occurred despite strong evidence that such training-whether in preschool or in kindergarten-produces no lasting benefit and sometimes produces lasting harm (see here, here, here, and here), and...
John Elder Robison :The Lancet Commission, made up of many scientists and self-advocates that I respect, has taken the position...
Ben Eckstein :Last year we joined the masses and brought home a pandemic puppy-a Boston terrier named Moose. He was...
Rafat Hossain: We often hear the word ‘Pollution’ every day, everywhere at home and beyond; in the newspapers, books, and...