Knowing how heat and humidity affect your body can help you stay safe
JohnEric W. Smith, Mississippi State University Less than a month into North America’s official summer, heat waves are blistering much of the West. California and the Southwest are facing excessive heat watches for the second time, after a mid-June heat wave pushed temperatures above 100 F (38 C). And in late June an intense heat […]
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Are our smartphones afflicting us all with symptoms of ADHD?
Are our smartphones afflicting us all with symptoms of ADHD? A common sight: smartphones at mealtime. Phones at dinner via shutterstock.com Kostadin Kushlev, University of Virginia When was the last time you opened your laptop midconversation or brought your desktop computer to the dinner table? Ridiculous, right? But if you are like a large number of […]
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How where you’re born influences the person you become
In some societies, kids are taught that they’re in control of their own happiness – which makes them more indulgent.Oleksii Synelnykov/Shutterstock.com Samuel Putnam, Bowdoin College and Masha A. Gartstein, Washington State University How where you’re born influences the person you become. As early as the fifth century, the Greek historian Thucydides contrasted the self-control and […]
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