(NEXSTAR) – Federal agents involved in nationwide immigration crackdowns have come under fire for wearing face coverings – and it’s not about COVID or the cold weather, the Department of Homeland ...

Leaving the wipers pointing up can offer a few advantages when snow is expected to fall. One of the most important is that the wipers won’t be covered in snow and will be ready to use when you need ...

Say you’re mingling at a cocktail party, networking event, singles mixer or church reception. Some exchanges are pleasant enough. Others are taxing, if not downright painful. Then you get lucky and ...

Like a lot of language that is tied to mental health, “masking” has become a bit of a buzzword—but what is it, exactly? And why do people do it? At its core, masking is the habit of consciously or ...

I’m baffled and appalled to read that around 40% of Americans still approve of Donald Trump and his actions as president. It should be obvious that Trump is a malicious thug who is destroying American ...

Nils Kroemer receives funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is affiliated with the German Center for Mental Health (partner site Tübingen) and the German Center for Diabetes Research. ...

As AI tools have proliferated in workplaces and pressure to use them has mounted, employees have had to contend with the scourge of workslop, or low-effort, AI-generated work that looks plausibly ...

People find it cognitively easier to accept information than to reject it, which helps explain why misleading content spreads so readily. Misinformation, whether in the form of a fake video or ...

Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on ...

Abigail Marsh, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, studies extraordinary altruism — people who jump in to rescue strangers in emergencies or donate a kidney to someone ...

Right or (as it turns out) wrong, I wasn’t a sprinkle-your-first-name-into-conversation kind of guy. I’m not hugely self-assured, and saying the other person’s name felt forced. Or awkward. Or ...

Everyday sights and sounds quietly shape the choices people make, often without them realizing it. New research suggests that some individuals become especially influenced by these environmental cues, ...