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· Laura Hospes
Suicidal 20-Year-Old Photographer Captures Life Inside a Psychiatric Ward to Recover
I was 20, studying photography and, as they say, living life the fullest. But that was not the real me.
· Riley Schatzle
Psychology Professor Gives the Most Evil Extra Credit Problem to His Students
Dylan Selterman, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland, has been assigning the same extra credit problem on his final exam since 2008 — only one class has ever answered correctly. The prompt reads:
· Max Chang
Psychology Study Exposes a Scary Truth About People Who Are Nice All the Time
A new psychology study published this month in the Journal of Personality has revealed a dark truth about the nicest and friendliest people in our society- they are probably more capable of doing the most horrific things if ordered to. Stanley Milgram, a pioneer in social…
· Editorial Staff
People With Anxiety Issues Have Surprising Advantages, Study Finds
People with anxiety often lament its disadvantages, but researchers say certain levels of anxiety may be indicative of higher verbal, sentinel and social intelligence. Anxiety, a feeling of unease or nervousness, is a normal emotion that afflicts human beings in the face of an…
· Editorial Staff
Woman Stabs Man in the Eye With Her Christian Louboutin Stiletto, Gets No Jail Time
One night out ended particularly bad for a man who was stabbed in the eye by a woman’s Christian Louboutin stiletto. The woman, Shadiya Omar, who attacked Justin Lloyd on Oct. 18, 2014, is walking out of court without jail time. According to the Daily Mail, the 22-year-old…
· Laura Dang
The Way People Judge You Comes Down to Two Important Traits, According to Science
We might not realize it, but whenever we meet someone, psychologists say we immediately focus on two specific traits. According to the book “Presence” by Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, we look for two basic traits when we first meet someone: competence and…
· Sarah Lesnar
Science Proves Women Are Always Attracted to This One Trait Over Good Looks
A new study on the type of men that women really want for their relationships confirms that for long-term (LT) relationships, women always prefer altruistic traits over good looks, but for short-term (ST) relationships, women want anything but a nice guy. The study, which was…
· Andrew Yang
What’s Eating Silicon Valley
Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb) that we use every day and make the world a better place. They’ve created value,…
· Laura Dang
Twenty-Year-Old Woman Uses Extreme Couponing Skills to Donate $100,000 of Food to Charity
While many smart and savvy shoppers find ways to save money for themselves, one high school student was thinking about how to save money for everyone else. Hannah Steinberg, 20, began watching her favorite reality television show, “Extreme Couponing,” during her junior year in…
· Editorial Staff
Lumosity Must Now Pay $2 Million Because ‘Brain-Training’ Isn’t Actually Real
Apparently, playing a bunch of mini-games for a few minutes a day will not make you smarter as some mobile apps claim. The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that Lumosity app developer Lumos labs will pay $2 million to settle deceptive advertising charges over its…
· Ryan General
Why You Hate the Way You Look in Photos
OK, so all of your pictures are ugly. What gives? To be attractive, society says your face needs to be symmetrical. However, most real people out there do not have symmetrical faces. Even actors and models have asymmetrical faces.
· Editorial Staff
Science Explains Why Narcissistic Jerks are More Likely to Be Successful
If you’ve ever suspected your boss was a narcissistic jerk, a new study may back you up. Researchers from the University of Bern found that workers who scored higher on some “dark triad” traits — psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism — often had more opportunities for…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Woman Uses an Unusual Tactic to Try to Get Her Lost Dog Back
Instead of offering a reward for her lost dog, one woman in eastern China said she wants her pet returned because he is too dumb and expensive for anyone else to raise. The Hangzhou-based Metro Express, via the South China Morning Post, reported that the woman, surnamed Chen,…
· Editorial Staff
Science Has the Perfect Reason For Why We Like Squeezing Cute Things to Death
Ever wonder why you get an urge to suddenly pinch a cute baby’s cheeks? Or ever felt that sick, twisted desire to squeeze an adorable puppy to death? Believe it or not, those urges are quite normal and fall under the same range of emotion called “cute aggression.” While the…
· Editorial Staff
A Chinese Mathematician Reveals How to Beat Anyone at Rock-Paper-Scissors
Rock-paper-scissors has been around for thousands of years. The seemingly simple hand game proves useful in randomly selecting a winning and losing player using very basic rules: rock smashes scissors, scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock. However, the game is not as simple as…
· Editorial Staff
Study: People Who End Texts With Periods Are Perceived as Less Sincere
If you’ve ever wondered why people don’t often use periods to end their text messages, you can cross off the idea that they’re just against proper grammar. According to a new study published last month in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, text messages ending with periods…
· Benny Luo
Meet the Man Who Did LSD With Steve Jobs in College
Daniel Kottke was once a good friend of Steve Jobs. In college, the two friends experimented with LSD together, but as one of Apple’s earliest employees, Kottke’s friendship with Jobs crumbled when the tech visionary refused to give his friend any stock in the company. In the…
· Editorial Staff
Science Reveals the Exact Weight You Need to Lose in Order to Be More Attractive
New research reveals the average amount of weight men and women need to lose in order for others to find them more attractive. To find the answer, researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto showed participants a collection of digitally created…
· Editorial Staff
Science Says You’re More Likely to Pursue Your Goals When They’re Set on these Days
Monday is the best day of the week to set your goals, suggests new research. A recent paper published in Psychological Science says that the date a goal is set can affect the likelihood of its actual pursuit by the goal-setter.
· Laura Dang
The Hilarious Reason Why Guys Tend to Overeat on Dates
Some guys tend to overeat on dates with women, but it may not be for the reason you think. No, they’re not eating out of nervousness, but out of the desire to impress the ladies. A study on the behavior of diners at an all-you-can-eat Italian restaurant tracked how much pizza…