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Bullying tied to higher suicide attempt risk for high school girls

A study by CUNY SPH researchers suggests that U.S. high school students who are bullied at school have substantially higher odds of attempting suicide than peers who are not bullied, with bullied girls facing the […]

Why we believe what we click: How self-selected online information shapes beliefs more than passive exposure

Information that we select for ourselves, such as things we click online, has a stronger impact than passively acquired information on our perception of truth and falsehood.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Takeout meals serve as both reward and comfort after work, study finds

A unique study exploring popular ways to “self‑gift” has found that ordering a takeout meal is a preferred treat regardless of whether people have had a good or a bad day at work.This article is […]

Saturday Citations: A weird, extinct life form; cholesterol hacking; interspecies prosociality of whales

It’s Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on the idea that memories could arise from random fluctuations in entropy rather than reflecting the actual past […]

Radicalism, extremism, fundamentalism: International study finds numerous commonalities—and certain differences

From a social sciences perspective, people with radical, extremist, or fundamentalist attitudes are similar in some respects: In most cases, they are younger and less educated men who feel that they are not taken seriously […]

Reading how to be male: Boys’ literature reflects the rise of aggressive masculinity

There’s growing concern about the rise of harmful and aggressive forms of masculinity, whether at home, in schools or in public spaces.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Most men do not subscribe to toxic masculinity traits, study finds

A growing niche space, the manosphere, has been taking shape in today’s online forums and social media, preaching an aggressive definition of what it means to be a man. It promotes traits such as misogyny, […]

Questions are being raised about microplastics studies—here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a recent investigation by […]

Is AI hurting your ability to think? How to reclaim your brain

The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in our personal lives. Guildford lost the confidence of the […]

New tools measure ‘woke’ attitudes on both left and right political spectrums

Oskari Lahtinen, Senior Researcher at the INVEST Research Flagship Center at the University of Turku in Finland, has developed validated tools for studying “woke” attitudes on both the political left and the political right.This article […]