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Did a Jurassic Dinosaur Smoosh a Turtle?
A smashed shell may have been crumpled by an ambling dinosaur
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The Darker Side of John Wesley Powell
Like other early American geologists, the man who explored the Colorado River did anthropological research that presupposed the racial inferiority of Native Americans
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It’s Raining on the Sun
Structures in the corona called “null-point topologies” may help solve two long-standing solar mysteries
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Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity
Just because you value neurological differences doesn’t mean you’re denying the reality of disabilities
A New Approach to Addiction Treatment
We need to create learning laboratories where researchers interact directly with patients
The Psychology Podcast Recap (May 2019): Gifted Education, Hope, Male Incompetence and Contextual Evolution
The Psychology Podcast Recap for May 2019
We Should All Use They/Them Pronouns ... Eventually
A response to criticism of a recent proposal to adopt gender-neutral language universally
Toward a New Frontier in Human Intelligence: The Person-Centered Approach
New research is shedding light on how intelligence changes and develops over time
Rethinking the Infamous Stanford Prison Experiment
Newly revealed evidence suggests that putting people into positions of absolute control over others doesn’t necessarily lead to cruelty by itself
The Illusionists on the Playground
What folk illusions reveal about children’s perception and cognition
Be Careful with Occam’s Razor, You Might Cut Yourself
A biologist-philosopher cautions against banishing from our worldview things that science cannot comprehend
The Evolution and Cultivation of Compassion for the Dark Side: A Q&A with Paul Gilbert
An interview with British clinical psychologist Paul Gilbert, founder of compassion focused therapy
Meta-Post: Posts on Brain Implants
Cross-Check columns on brain implants and other technologies for manipulating minds...
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