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Are Worriers More Intelligent?

Do you worry a lot? If so, we have some good news for you. According to recent research, worriers have a higher IQ than non-worriers. From Slate: "The ...


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Researchers Urge Us to Accept 'Good Stress'

New research is revealing that a certain kind of stress is good for us. Kelly McGonigal, a researcher at Stanford University, argues that challenges and ...


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Landon Donovan on the Fickleness of Praise

Former pro soccer star Landon Donavan was the standard-bearer of American soccer for more than a decade. When Donovan was growing up in California, he ...


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'Fatigue Flaw' Leads to Airline Crash

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was cruising blandly along on autopilot at thirty-seven thousand feet a seven-foot number one fan disk broke ...


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Lack of Rest Causes Spike in Athlete Injuries

In 2013 The New York Daily News reported that many orthopedic surgeons have noticed a disturbing trend—a serious spike in debilitating knee injuries ...


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Many Americans Feel a Financial Squeeze

In April 2014, The Washington Post ran an article titled "'Happy Days' no more: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages fall." The article ...


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The World Cup: A Life Lesson from Penalty Kicks

In the World Cup many of the matches will be determined by one of the tensest showdowns in pro sports: the PK, or penalty kick. It's over in about ...


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America's Anger and Fear Epidemic

According to a new USA Today study, the share of Americans who report feeling angry or irritable has surged from 50 percent just two years ago to 60 percent ...


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Self-Medicating the Pain of Perfectionism

In an article in The Atlantic, Ann Dowsett Johnston writes honestly about what she calls "the tyrannical myth of perfection." Here's how one of Johnston's ...


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Parents Pressure Kids towards Athletic Success

In his book Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children, Tom Farrey warns parents about the excessive pressure they can put on their ...


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