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Psychology

Can PTSD Be Good for You?

There’s no way to be sure what will traumatize someone, and not everyone exposed to “trauma” develops PTSD.

January 6, 2018

Autistic Prodigies Since “Rain Man”

Our evolving understanding of “the engineer’s disease.”

January 2, 2018

Why Anti-Corruption Strategies May Backfire

How power and transparency affect efforts to stamp out bribery.

December 22, 2017

What We Get Wrong About Dying

A pediatric oncologist describes the lessons of his practice.

December 14, 2017

The Resulting Fallacy Is Ruining Your Decisions

Are you judging your decisions on their outcomes?

November 30, 2017

How to Teach Science with Sugar and Cream

High school teachers are bringing ice cream into the lab.

November 2, 2017

How Evolution Designed Your Fear

The universal grip of Stephen King’s personal terrors.

October 24, 2017

What Boredom Does to You

The science of the wandering mind.

October 23, 2017

Why We Still Need Monsters

This month’s Ingenious, Stephen T. Asma, on what haunts us.

October 12, 2017