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Michael Easter on Excess, Moderation, and the Scarcity Brain

Published 2023-10-31 awareness seem excess

Slot machines, social media, and potato chips: we humans seem to find a lot of things hard to consume in moderation. Why does "enough" seem so much harder to sa…

Make it seem like the real answer is impossible to know.

Published 2019-02-07 catch twitter impossible

Dave shares a bank spoofing scam with a reminder to mind those links, especially on mobile devices. Joe describes a case of someone turning the tables on a Twit…

Mammoth Remains Seem Mostly Male

Published 2017-11-04 mammoth remains male

In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Int…

Right Whales Seem to Think before They Speak

Published 2018-04-10 whales speak adchoices

Rather than always making the same call in response to the same stimuli, North Atlantic right whales are capable of changing their vocalizations. Learn more abo…

Consensual Hugs Seem to Reduce Stress

Published 2018-11-19 hugs consensual adchoices

People who had a conflict in a given day but also got hugged were not as affected by the negative interaction as were their unhugged counterparts. Learn more ab…