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Can What You Eat Affect Your Mood?
Increasingly, nutritional psychiatry says yes
Recognizing Excellence at the Intersection of STEM and Environmental Education
The UL Innovative Education Award names its 2018 winners
Winning the Infectious Disease Marathon
We're immunizing more kids than ever, but the population growth means the percentage of children being protected is stagnating
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Why the Most Important Idea in Behavioral Decision-Making Is a Fallacy
The popular idea that avoiding losses is a bigger motivator than achieving gains is not supported by the evidence
Science Is an Infinite-Sum Game
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Algorithm and Blues: The Tyranny of the Coming Smart-Tech Utopia
Why optimizing the world for efficiency, productivity and happiness is bad for humanity
Math and the Beaches of Rio
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…there’s space for action between “everything is fine” and “the apocalypse is upon us”
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