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Neuroscience and Psychology Suggest No Surprise Victory for Trump This Time

Will we be surprised again this November the way Americans were on Nov. 9, 2016 when they awoke to learn…

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Has the Drug-Based Approach to Mental Illness Failed?

One of the most impressive, disturbing works of science journalism I’ve encountered is Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric…

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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2020

1970 Sweet Suburbia “Massive movement from central cities to their suburbs, a population boom in the West and Southwest, and…

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Why Social Media Makes Us More Polarized and How to Fix It

Every time I log onto Facebook, I brace myself. My newsfeed—like everyone else’s I know—is filled with friends, relatives and…

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Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Resisted Climate Science, but Other Judges Have Embraced It

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett raised a remarkable question among legal experts when she declined to affirm the presence…

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Humans Make Wild Animals Less Wary

Wild animals are equipped with a variety of techniques to avoid becoming lunch for a bigger, toothier animal. The most…

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Melting Candy Gives Mathematicians Insight into How Some Landscapes Form

In this time-lapse video, mathematicians at New York University immersed a block of blue candy in water and filmed it…

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Coronavirus News Roundup, October 10-October 16

The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily…

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Don’t Expect a COVID Vaccine before the Election

During a press conference in early September, President Donald Trump was asked when he thought a vaccine for COVID-19 might…

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How Straight Talk Helped One State Control COVID

The state of Maine has the nation’s oldest population, with an average age of 45.1 versus 38.5 for the U.S.…

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