Science of Us

"What I don’t have is the ability to sit alone with myself and with my thoughts, and I think that this inability is at the core of some persistent unhappiness that I just can’t shake." sciof.us/2pUCjAe

"Hormones seemingly control everything, and I’d started to envision them as little particles floating around my body, carrying banners that said, 'Have a baby!!!' It was interesting, then, to learn that I basically had it all wrong." sciof.us/2pWiFDN

"I'm getting so worked up over wanting to be great at my job that I keep getting lost in the weeds, making mistakes, and dropping balls." sciof.us/2O02b5U

What might hormonal contraception be doing to women's minds, moods, and behavior? And if science hasn’t yet found a clear answer, how much does that matter? sciof.us/2pWukmd

Toni Natalie describes her long and harrowing history with Keith Raniere, now infamous as the leader of NXIVM sciof.us/2p2VFmd

Could estrogen be the key to better understanding menopausal schizophrenia? sciof.us/2CzxKxL

Being the one in an awkward situation to say, "This is how we will handle this," signals you’re in control and not thrown off your game sciof.us/2qEGJem

The procedure, which is based on dubious science, is not medically necessary, and can be psychologically damaging sciof.us/32Ac5Aa

The case for powerlifting sciof.us/2NRyrba

It has a sort of melancholy tone (there is, in fact, a whole section about how much of life is inevitably melancholy) sciof.us/2Cvzx74

Why, physiologically speaking, does taking a deep breath make you feel slightly less rattled, at least temporarily? sciof.us/2NRyrIc

A few big questions about autophagy, answered sciof.us/33trvaN

There may be degrees of thin-skinnedness, yes, but none of us is tough by default sciof.us/2Q2mHFq

The vagus nerve has been described as “largely responsible for the mind-body connection,” for its role as a mediator between thinking and feeling sciof.us/33CfMqs

Advice from social science on raising a boy from infancy through adolescence sciof.us/33ADraW

There’s no easy answer to how to have a happy marriage, but some couples seem to have it figured out sciof.us/2WXnA3s

What do actual language professionals think of Duolingo? sciof.us/2CuhEWw

There are a few explanations for the joy you derive from canceling plans sciof.us/2WWknRP

"It’s one thing when I can see the reason I might have been rejected, but if an employer decides I’m not 'good enough' for a job that matches me perfectly, how will I ever get hired anywhere?" sciof.us/2p1cWMJ

"At my age, I’ve noticed a lot of people are at their ‘I’m going to stop drinking’ point, and weed has become a way for them to wean themselves off of other substances." sciof.us/2Nx5LoI