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Why Seatbelts Make Some Drivers Drive Faster: The Peltzman Effect Paradox
In the 1970s, professional hockey leagues made helmets mandatory for all players, expecting a dramatic reduction in head injuries. Coaches,…
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Why “If It Rhymes, It’s True” Tricks Our Brains: The Rhyme as Reason Effect
During a Class 10 debate competition at Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s School, two students presented opposing arguments about whether schools should…
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Why You Think You Can Resist Temptation Better Than You Actually Can: The Restraint Bias
Sixteen-year-old Priya woke up on Monday morning with firm resolve. “Today I start my diet,” she announced to her family.…
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Why We Think the Rich Will Get Richer and the Poor Will Get Poorer: Understanding Regressive Bias
Seventeen-year-old Aditya loved cricket statistics. After every match, he’d predict how players would perform in the next game. His pattern…
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Why “New” Slang Words Have Actually Existed for Decades: The Recency Illusion
Mrs. Kapoor, an English teacher with twenty-five years of experience, was correcting essays when she came across a student using…
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Why Good Ideas Suddenly Seem Bad When They Come From People We Don’t Like
During the Class 10 student council elections at Delhi Public School, two candidates—Aditya and Rohan—were competing for class president. They’d…
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Why Being Told “Don’t Do That” Makes You Want to Do It Even More: Understanding Reactance
Fifteen-year-old Priya had never cared much about her older brother’s room. For years, she’d walked past it without a second…
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Why We Play It Safe With Gains But Gamble to Avoid Losses: The Pseudocertainty Effect
Seventeen-year-old Rahul faced two scholarship offers for his college education. The first scholarship was guaranteed: ₹2 lakh per year, confirmed…
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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children
Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully…
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Cyclone Narelle is now larger and ‘more severe’ as it crosses the Western Australian coast
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia. This cyclone began life near…
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New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Earth and the Moon may look very different today, but they formed under similar conditions in space. In fact,…
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War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story
The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter…
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From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity…
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Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ultrasound-based…
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COVID‑19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know
A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across…
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