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· Carl Samson
Psychologist Argues Chinese People Think Like 6-Month-Old Infants
A psychologist has argued that most Chinese people have the mental age of a six-month-old and never got out of what Sigmund Freud called the oral stage in his psychosexual theory of development. The oral stage is the first of Freud’s five stages, where the mouth serves as the…
· King Malleta
Japanese Psychic Ordered to Pay $850,000 to Client She Forced into Sex Work
A fortune teller has been ordered to pay a massive amount of money to a female client after she forced her to become a sex worker. Fortune telling is something you shouldn’t really take seriously as there is no strong basis for such predictions, but while other people do it for…
· Ryan General
Beloved Chinese Psychology Professor Stabbed to Death By USC Student
A beloved Chinese psychology professor at the University of Southern California was stabbed to death by a student following an alleged “personal dispute” within the university campus on Friday afternoon. The suspect, 28-year-old brain and cognitive science student David Jonathan…
· Ryan General
Woman Claims She Was Raped By a Pokémon, Husband Urges Her to Seek Psychiatric Help
A young married woman from Russia filed a formal complaint to the local police after she was allegedly raped by a Pokémon. The assault, according to the unnamed victim, happened inside her room in her apartment in Moscow. Police said the complainant fell asleep while playing…
· Editorial Staff
An Alarming Number of Hong Kong Teens are Seeking Psychiatric Help, According to Report
An increasing number of young people in Hong Kong are seeking treatment for psychiatric problems, according to local public hospital records. There were a total of 4,200 mental health patients aged between 15 and 17 in 2015, a 45% increase from 2010. Also in 2015, there were…
· 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…
· Khier Casino
Parents Sue Baidu for $98,000 After Claiming Search Result Led to Daughter’s Death
Baidu has landed in hot water again for placing misleading advertisements after a woman, identified as Zhang Rui, underwent an operation at a hospital she found on the Chinese search engine and committed suicide after. The 27-year-old woman jumped from her apartment window in…
· Carl Samson
Japanese People are ‘Forest Bathing’ for Good Health and It’s Backed By Science
Forest bathing, or being in the presence of trees, is a Japanese practice scientifically proven to boost the immune system, decrease stress, lower blood pressure and improve one’s sense of wellness. The activity, known in Japan as “shinrin-yoku”, belongs to a broader group of…
· King Malleta
Chinese Woman Steals Nearly $300,000 to Fuel Her Shopping Addiction
Shopping can be fun and therapeutic, but it can also turn into a rabid addiction that leads to a life of crime, at least for one woman in China. According to South China Morning Post, an unnamed woman from Wenzhou turned herself in to the police after she realized that she…
· Khier Casino
Vogue Model Allegedly Commits Suicide in College Dorm Room
Model and medical student Raudha Athif, known as the “Maldivian Girl With Aqua Blue Eyes,” was found by her classmates hanging from a ceiling fan in her dorm room on Wednesday. Athif, 21, was a second-year student at Islami Bank Medical College in Bangladesh. She is believed to…
· Ranier Maningding
Jordan Peele Might Direct The Live-Adaptation of Akira. Here’s Why I’m HYPED
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. After years of unapologetic whitewashing from Hollywood, I was beginning to think that the…
· Khier Casino
Filipino Businesswoman Dies After Having Multiple Cosmetic Surgeries in One Go
Filipino businesswoman Shiryl Saturnino, who underwent multiple plastic surgeries all in one session, did not make it out alive of the procedures on Sunday. The 29-year-old decided to get a breast and butt enhancement as well as liposuction at The Icon Clinic in Mandaluyong…
· Ryan General
Chinese School Worker Poisons Kids With Schizophrenia Drugs After Not Getting a Raise
Chinese authorities recently arrested a female school caretaker who allegedly poisoned kindergarten students in revenge for not getting a pay rise. The suspect, who works at Hongri Kindergarten in the city of Dongguan in China, reportedly added schizophrenia medication to the…
· Ryan General
Japanese Police Can Now Predict When and Where Criminals Will Strike
A city in Japan has developed a system in which the police can anticipate the occurrence of a crime even before it takes place. Kyoto police have been utilizing a tool called the Predictive Crime Defense System (Yosokugata Hanzai Bogyo System), a computer software that…
· Ryan General
Chinese Scientists Grow World’s First Mutant Mangoes From Space
A team of Chinese scientists may have successfully developed a way to breed mangoes in space following a series of tests conducted during the Shenzhou-11 mission last year. Embryonic cells of the fruit, which were brought back from the 33-day space mission last November, have…
· Ryan General
The Philippines Now Wants to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Deliberations on legalizing the use of marijuana for medical reasons have begun at the Philippine House of Representatives. The discussions for House Bill 180 came just a day after the chamber moved to reinstate the death penalty for drug-related offenses. Under the new death…
· Carl Samson
Hong Kong Woman Narrowly Escapes Rape by Praising Attacker’s Muscular Body
A nightclub worker in Hong Kong managed to save herself from another disgusting case of rape by praising her attacker’s buff physique. Leung Chun-kit, 27, was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to the charge of attempted rape. The crime occurred on August 22, 2015 in a…
· Carl Samson
One Video Perfectly Sums Up The Disastrous Affects of Hollywood Whitewashing
Scarlett Johansson’s casting in “Ghost In The Shell” has certainly brought the idea of Hollywood whitewashing back to everybody’s consciousness, whether or not you agree the film was indeed whitewashed. But what does the phenomenon really do to people? Last week, with less than…