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Psychology
Why The One Different Thing Is What You Remember
During a memory experiment in Class 10 psychology at Mumbai’s National Public School, teacher Mrs. Sharma gave two groups of…
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Why One Extra Word at the End Makes You Forget Everything
During a psychology class experiment at Delhi’s Modern School, teacher Mr. Patel tested his Class 10 students’ memory using a…
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Spotted a jellyfish bloom recently? Here’s what may have triggered it
On a calm summer morning in southern Australia, the water can look deceptively clear, until you see thousands of gelatinous…
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Does the Iran ceasefire mean the fuel crisis is over? Not even close
It might feel like a lifetime ago, but it was just last week analysts began talking about fuel rationing in…
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Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and…
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Mutual aid and self‑sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakhstan
About a year into my field research in Kazakhstan, I went to the city of Kurchatov, once the secret command…
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From a vaccine mascot to business leadership, lessons for the US from Brazil’s public health system in building public trust and keeping it
Public health institutions are under threat by populist governments across the globe. From Budapest to Jakarta, Indonesia, public health agencies…
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City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world
The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent…
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NZ’s latest push to roll out more EV chargers is a good thing – but can it go the distance?
A $50 million plan to expand New Zealand’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging network marks another step toward a lower-emissions…
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Why the phrase “Super El Nino” makes Australian climate scientists roll their eyes
Frightening headlines predicting a Super El Niño or even a Godzilla El Niño amp up anxiety levels for farmers and…
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Why You Remember What Someone Meant, Not What They Actually Said
During a school assembly at Delhi’s Modern School, the principal gave an important announcement about upcoming board exams. Eighteen-year-old Priya…
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AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biology
Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities…
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Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind
Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been…
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It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)
North America’s bee populations are in trouble, but don’t blame the honey bees. While some people argue that an overabundance…
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Fixating on a ‘magic number’ of childcare hours misses what’s most important for kids’ development
Families with kids juggling full-time work may have been alarmed by media reporting this week, suggesting “too much” time in…
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