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As long as there have been political dictators, psychologists have been fascinated with them. While many psychologists try to understand what happens in normal, rational people that leads them to follow such clearly dangerous leaders, some psychologists have been more interested in characterizing the personality profiles of dictators themselves. After all, who hasn’t attempted an armchair psychiatric diagnosis of a famous personality
Read More »The Psychology of Dictatorship: Kim Jong-Il
As long as there have been political dictators, psychologists have been fascinated with them. While many psychologists try to understand what happens in normal, rational people that leads them to follow such clearly dangerous leaders, some psychologists have been more interested in characterizing the personality profiles of dictators themselves. After all, who hasn’t attempted an armchair psychiatric diagnosis of a famous personality
Read More »Brain Conducts a Subconscious Reality Check
Ever do a double take without knowing why? Your unconscious mind may have noticed something that did not fit your expectations
Read More »Brain Conducts a Subconscious Reality Check
Ever do a double take without knowing why? Your unconscious mind may have noticed something that did not fit your expectations. [More]
Read More »Can Bees Make Tupperware?
Name: Debbie Chachra [More]
Read More »Can Bees Make Tupperware?
Name: Debbie Chachra [More]
Read More »Sacred Salubriousness: Why Religious Belief Is Not the Only Path to a Healthier Life
Ever since 2000, when psychologist Michael E. McCullough, now at the University of Miami, and his colleagues published a meta-analysis of more than three dozen studies showing a strong correlation between religiosity and lower mortality, skeptics have been challenged by believers to explain why--as if to say, “See, there is a God, and this is the payoff for believing.” [More]
Read More »Sacred Salubriousness: Why Religious Belief Is Not the Only Path to a Healthier Life
Ever since 2000, when psychologist Michael E.
Read More »Another Billionaire Joins the Space Race
Richard Branson has one. So do Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
Read More »Another Billionaire Joins the Space Race
Richard Branson has one.
Read More »DNA in a Cup of Water Reveals Lake Denizens
To monitor the biodiversity of a freshwater habitat, you could camp out by the water and count the rare wildlife.
Read More »DNA in a Cup of Water Reveals Lake Denizens
To monitor the biodiversity of a freshwater habitat, you could camp out by the water and count the rare wildlife. Or you could just scoop up a cup of water. A new Dutch study has found that the DNA traces in a small sample of a body of water can reveal the species that live in it.
Read More »Philippines Searches for Hundreds After Typhoon Kills 650
(Reuters) - Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with storms . [More]
Read More »Philippines Searches for Hundreds After Typhoon Kills 650
(Reuters) - Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with storms . [More]
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