Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Matt Shipman-NC State
Peer rejection and social network isolation aren’t the same thing in early adolescence, according to new research.
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- Written by: Magda Osman, Queen Mary University of London
Sometimes when I ask myself why I’ve made a certain choice, I realise I don’t actually know. To what extent we are ruled by things we aren’t conscious of?
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- Written by: Brad Bushman and Sophie Kjaervik, The Ohio State University
We recently reviewed 437 studies of narcissism and aggression involving a total of over 123,000 participants and found narcissism is related to a 21% increase in aggression and an 18% increase in violence.
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- Written by: Brad Buck, University of Florida
There is an opportunity to make water conservation more visible through conversations, with influential groups sharing conservation practices with those they influence
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- Written by: Sean Qian and Weiran Yao, Carnegie Mellon
It is super exciting to see this method leading to better predictions of morning commute traffic as late as 5 AM, and I believe this can swiftly be deployed in many of our transportation management centers
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- Written by: Stacee L. Reicherzer PhD
If you’ve contracted COVID, you not only had health problems that may have been life-threatening, but perhaps also experienced the aftermath of people distancing themselves from you, even shunning you and treating you like a pariah.
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- Written by: Stacee L. Reicherzer PhD
If you’ve contracted COVID, you not only had health problems that may have been life-threatening, but perhaps also experienced the aftermath of people distancing themselves from you, even shunning you and treating you like a pariah.
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- Written by: James Devitt, NYU
Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers.
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- Written by: Niral Shah
On the surface, the “Asians are good at math” narrative sounds like a compliment. After all, what’s wrong with saying that someone is good at something? But as I have explained in a journal article, there are two problems.
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- Written by: Stanford
"Videoconferencing is a good thing for remote communication, but just think about the medium—just because you can use video doesn't mean you have to," says Jeremy Bailenson
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- Written by: Lisa Tahir
A school shooting; a drunk driver taking an innocent life; the loss of a job, a loved one, or a relationship . . . now more than ever people turn to therapists, spiritual healers, and countless other professionals for support and healing.
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- Written by: Wing See Yuen and Amy Peacock
Alcohol-related blackouts aren’t good for anybody’s health, but they are particularly dangerous for young people.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
Judgment plays a big part in our lives, so much that we are not even aware most of the time that we are judging. If you didn't think that something was bad, it wouldn't upset you. If you didn't think that something was good, you wouldn't feel any loss when it was absent...
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- Written by: Ian A. Anderson and Wendy Wood
Imagine that you’re a typical middle school student having dinner with your family. Your mother takes your smartphone away and puts it in a lock-box that won’t open for an hour.
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- Written by: James Urton
In the new paper, researchers report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later in the evening and sleep for shorter periods of time.
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- Written by: Thom Hartmann
If you are an adult who has experienced chronic issues with restlessness, impatience, poor listening skills, or a difficulty doing “boring” jobs like balancing a checkbook, you already know what it feels like to experience some of the challenges associated with ADHD.
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- Written by: David Krieger and Daisaku Ikeda
We all have a choice. We can submit to apathy and indifference or we can choose hope. This dialogue is about choosing hope and recognizing that we each have a responsibility to make a difference in the world.
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- Written by: Patrick Stokes
COVID-19 is pushing us all in ways we’ve never been pushed, and making us do thing we’ve never done. It’s also stressing us in very peculiar ways. Perhaps one of the most tiring things is the all encompassing lack of certainty.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
Nature does not pick sides: it simply gives every plant a fair chance to life. The sun shines on everyone regardless of their size, race, language, or opinions. Can we not do the same? Forget our old quarrels, our old grievances, our old prejudices, and start looking at everyone on earth as another person just like us...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
The other day I was giving myself a "good talking to"… telling myself I really need to exercise regularly, eat better, take better care of myself… You get the picture. It was one of those days when I was determined to do better and was giving myself what was supposed to be a "pep talk"...
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- Written by: Kristin Neff
Why is it so hard to stick to resolutions that require us to make effective or lasting changes? I would argue the problem isn’t that we try and we fail –– the problem is how we treat ourselves when we fail.
