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Why we tend to go big when we undermine our goals

When violating a goal—like picking a diet-busting dessert—we don't tend to go for the "lesser of two evils." Quite the opposite.

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water New York University

Experiment nails down new properties of water

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music Brown University

Music lifts well-being for people in palliative care

University of Michigan Prototype could offer fresh water where wells run salty

McGill University Where do rare spiders live? Ask citizen scientists

Purdue University Wearable ‘microbrewery’ tracks radiation exposure

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University of Michigan People with obesity may shed flu virus longer

Stanford University 3,000 scientists: Border wall threatens local animals

Stanford University What does new info mean for the Mueller investigation?

Brown University How researchers can better serve the Deaf community

Cardiff University See new photos of Egypt and Palestine during WWI

Stony Brook University Colony of 1.5 million penguins ‘hid’ from scientists

Northwestern University To prevent HIV, young gay and bi men need better sex ed

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Northwestern University Listen: Could a daily pill one day treat ALS?

Washington University in St. Louis Potential drug for pain doesn’t work like an opioid

online dating University of Michigan Online daters seek someone out of their league

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families University of Michigan

How Asian-American firstborns see their family role

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police officers Rutgers University

Killing of black suspects is more than a ‘white police problem’

Stopping car to see sky (space weather concept)

space University of Warwick

Past space weather may boost prep for threats to Earth

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conservation Penn State

Community-based conservation ups wildlife populations

Putting local communites in charge of Wildlife Management Areas benefits the animals living within in a big way, research in Tanzania finds.

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heart attacks Washington University in St. Louis Female doctors boost women’s survival after heart attack

relationships

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trust University of Chicago

This trait can tell you who’s really trustworthy

children's health

Parents: Use caution when pushing your picky eater

Parents should think twice before pressuring their picky eater to eat healthy foods. Here's why.

genomes

cancer ETH Zurich

Cancer Genome Atlas reveals ‘splicing’ weakness in tumors

plants

Fern’s genome could be secret weapon against pesky bugs

The fern, which has leaves no bigger than a gnat, may have "played a key role in transitioning Earth from a hot house to the cool place it is today."

vision

brains Carnegie Mellon University

After losing chunk of brain, boy recovers visual system

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computers

Why computers are so bad at comparing objects

Computer vision has come a long way, but it still isn't very good at playing "one of these things is not like the others." Now researchers know why.

addiction

flying bike, falling teen (impulsive behavior concept)

teenagers University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania

Most teens keep risk-taking impulses in check

exercise

Aerobic exercise may prevent cocaine relapse

Cocaine addiction often features periods of recovery and relapse. Cardio may be a way to break that cycle.

alcohol University at Buffalo Why drunk college students go for salty, greasy food

Prototype could offer fresh water where wells run salty

spiders McGill University