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A night of no sleep is hard to remedy
Humans spend about one-third of their lives sleeping and even sleep-durations of humans are surprisingly short compared to other primates....
Mindfulness improves romantic relationships, but so does relaxation
There has been a boom in studies investigating the benefits (and negative outcomes) of Mindfulness - the practice of cultivating...
Text-based intervention can improve vaccination by 11%
According to Pew polls, a growing share of Americans (69% as of Feb 2021) either say that they plan to...
Sadness and clinical depression are parts of a continuum
According to DSM-5, the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, depression is to be diagnosed in all or...
Getting back your sense of smell after Covid-19
Loss of smell (anosmia) is a common symptom of COVID-19, reported in more than 70% of patients with mild infection....
15% of the population have Left-Right Confusion
As much as 15 percent of the population may have difficulty distinguishing left from right according to a new study....
People are surprisingly good at reading mental states from the eyes
If you thought it was impossible to read facial expressions from masked faces during the pandemic, think again. A study...
Sex differences in the pelvis are not uniquely human
Wider hips in human females is a feature that has long been thought to have evolved to birth babies whose...
Atheists are perceived as fun, open-minded and scientific
Atheists, often stereotyped as immoral and untrustworthy, suffer discrimination due to widespread perception problems. Many atheists, as a result, are...
Americans wrote more blackout tweets during the pandemic
Since the start of the pandemic, alcohol sales steadily grew in America reaching an all-time high just after the 'stay...
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