Making Friends Can Be So Hard
Nick Luxmoore :“My friends are my life! They mean everything to me! I only go to school to see my friends! Without them, I’ve got nothing!”As parents and carers, it hurts to hear this...
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Talking about Politics at Work
David Burkus :I was raised by parents in a generation where discussions of politics or money were taboo to all but very close friends. (Of course, I’ve abandoned that part about money.) At the...
The Clash of Civilizations
Scott Atran :Part – IThe spread of substate and transnational forms of terrorism that target ordinary civilians for mass murder tears at the social and political consensus in our country and across the world....
Research on Suicide
With more than three dozen people killed in mass shootings in Texas, Ohio, and California, many US politicians are proposing gun regulations in hopes of curbing gun-related deaths.Mass shootings are indeed a tragedy, however,...
Infants can pick out leaders from bullies
Life Desk :Infants, by the age of two, have the potential to distinguish between the power asserted by a leader and a bully, finds a study, shedding light on how babies make sense of...
The Purposeful Life Healthy, Wise And Not Too Wealthy
Susan Krauss Whitbourne :The idea that being healthy, wealthy, and wise is the key to happiness has a long tradition and was, in fact, the title of a British television show that ran in...
People Living With HIV But Dying Of TB
Bobby Ramakant :Every case of active tuberculosis (TB) disease comes from an individual with latent TB infection. And every new case of latent TB infection is a sign of failing infection control, as someone...
Just Your Luck
Marty Nemko :Speaking to Harvard’s 2019 graduating seniors, dean Rakesh Khurana asserted that Harvard grads don’t deserve their success. Rather, they are the benefits of privilege, of luck.My reflexive reaction was to disagree. After...
Bangladesh To participate In
Life Desk :Bangladesh, for the first time, is going to participate at the World Skills Competition 2019, scheduled to be held during 22-27 this month in Kazan, Russia.The National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) under...
The Dark Side of Cell Phones
Glenn Geher :Humans did not evolve to live in large-scale societies. Being nomadic for the lion’s share of human evolutionary history, ancestral humans had important ecological constraints on group size. If you are a...
Aging and Exercise
Dena Kouremetis :There are times I feel I must have blinders on. I have opinions about things (especially aging, which is why I started this blog) and wonder why everyone does not feel similarly....
Invulnerables: The Origins of Resilience
Arash Emamzadeh :As I noted in a previous blog post on the subject, resilience has been conceptualized in five different ways: As good mental health, as adapting and adjusting to a new situation, as...