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  • Why pessimism sounds smart

    Pessimism sounds smart because optimism often requires believing in unknown, unspecified future breakthroughs—which seems fanciful and naive.

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  • The Selective Laziness of Reasoning

    Discusses the research into reasoning which suggests that people use more stringent criteria when they evaluate others’ arguments than when they produce arguments themselves.

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  • CEO personality traits and structure of compensation

    An examination into the effects of a CEO’s big five personalities (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) on their annual compensation.

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  • SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank

    There is strong evidence for brain-related abnormalities in COVID-19. It remains unknown however whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection can be detected in milder cases, and whether this can reveal possible mechanisms contributing to brain pathology.

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  • AI Is Helping Scientists Explain the Brain

    But what if it’s telling them a false story?

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  • Stanford study finds walking improves creativity

    Stanford researchers found that walking boosts creative inspiration. They examined creativity levels of people while they walked versus while they sat. A person’s creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when walking.

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  • Is This $88 Portrait the Work of a 17th-Century Flemish Master?

    Is a portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, ruler of 17th-century Antwerp – found inside a small London antique shop more than half a century ago – the work of the Flemish master Anthony van Dyck?

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  • The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman

    Queen Pu-abi was buried in a vaulted stone burial chamber, her body adorned with an elaborate golden headdress, a beaded top, and a belt made of gold and precious stones.

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  • A beginner’s guide to Zambonis

    Few innovations in sports technology have changed ice skating like the Zamboni has. Luckily, Frank Zamboni realized that the ice resurfacing process, which was originally done by hand and could take up to 90 minutes, could be mechanized.

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