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Author: MATT RICHTEL

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Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired

April 8, 2025MATT RICHTELComments Off on Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired

In her new book, “The Ideological Brain,” the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid thinking.

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Edward Dwight, Once Picked to Be the First Black Astronaut in Space, Aims for Space at Last

April 30, 2024May 2, 2024MATT RICHTELComments Off on Edward Dwight, Once Picked to Be the First Black Astronaut in Space, Aims for Space at Last

Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up.

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Surprise: An ‘Extraterrestrial’ Gadget Was Something More Familiar

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024MATT RICHTELComments Off on Surprise: An ‘Extraterrestrial’ Gadget Was Something More Familiar

In 2014 a fireball from outer space was posited to be an alien artifact. A recent study suggests otherwise.

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Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning

February 29, 2024MATT RICHTELComments Off on Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning

Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.

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More Adolescent Boys Have Eating Disorders. Two Experts Discuss Why.

February 8, 2024February 9, 2024MATT RICHTELComments Off on More Adolescent Boys Have Eating Disorders. Two Experts Discuss Why.

For the longest time, researchers focused on diagnosing and treating girls, but that is changing.

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A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

November 3, 2023MATT RICHTELComments Off on A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet — wait for it — the leap minute.

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The Stealth Campaign That’s Getting Your Kids Hooked on Chess

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023MATT RICHTELComments Off on The Stealth Campaign That’s Getting Your Kids Hooked on Chess

Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” added to the game’s sudden popularity. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves.

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‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022MATT RICHTELComments Off on ‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens

Studies indicate that dialectical behavior therapy offers greater benefits than more generalized therapy. But treatment is intensive, and expensive.

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Surgeon General Warns of Youth Mental Health Crisis

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021MATT RICHTELComments Off on Surgeon General Warns of Youth Mental Health Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress that was underway before the spring of 2020.

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The pandemic worsened young people’s mental health crisis.

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021MATT RICHTELComments Off on The pandemic worsened young people’s mental health crisis.

The message came as part of a rare public advisory from the nation’s top physician, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy.

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An Earthquake Killed Hundreds in Afghanistan

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