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How an ‘Effort-Reward Imbalance’ Can Make Work Miserable

Sophie Caldwell

Life isn’t fair.It’s a phrase so often repeated that it has become a cliché. But studies have shown that humans are hard-wired to want their fair share, as are other…

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David Shaffer, Medical ‘Detective’ in Suicide of Youths, Dies at 87

Sophie Caldwell

Dr. David Shaffer, a psychiatrist who spent decades studying children and teenagers who died by suicide, constructing a framework for screening and laying the groundwork for modern prevention efforts, died…

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Fight Over Covid Lab Leak Stalls Virology Research

Sophie Caldwell

Questions about whether Covid leaked from a Chinese laboratory have cast a chill over American virus research, drying up funding for scientists who collect or alter dangerous pathogens and intensifying…

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If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why

Sophie Caldwell

Some years ago, scientists in Switzerland found a way to make people hallucinate. They didn’t use LSD or sensory deprivation chambers. Instead, they sat people in a chair and asked…

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Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)

Sophie Caldwell

There is no free will, according to Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neurologist at Stanford University and a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. Dr. Sapolsky worked for decades…

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Roland Griffiths Is Dead at 77; Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics Research

Sophie Caldwell

Roland Griffiths, a professor of behavioral science and psychiatry whose pioneering work in the study of psychedelics helped usher in a new era of research into those once banned substances…