Among Vets, Higher Rank Predicts Better Health
Retired military officers consistently report better health than their lower-ranking counterparts.
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How Military Campaigns Get Their Names
Research shows the names of Israeli military campaigns are cleverly designed to push the citizenry’s emotional buttons.
Confederate Flag Activates Racist Mindset
White college students exposed to images of a Confederate flag judged a black person more harshly and expressed less willingness to vote for Barack Obama in 2008.
Horoscopes — Fun But Utterly Fallible
Miller-McCune.com's resident skeptic, just as you might expect of a Scorpio, will have no truck with horoscopes or astrology.
Who Cares If It’s All Meaningless Anyway?
A startling proportion of the population, the existentially indifferent, demonstrates little concern for meaning in their lives.
Photos Implant ‘Memories’ of Fictional News Events
Participants in a study were far more likely to “remember” a fictional news event when a headline was accompanied by a tangentially relevant photograph.
Power Poses Really Work
Researchers find that assuming a powerful body position helps you feel powerful, act more self-confident and raise testosterone.
Golden Gate Bridge Suicides, Then and Now
The people who jumped to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge over the past decade are significantly older than their counterparts of a generation ago.
Beauty Leads to a Closer Look
New research finds physically attractive people are viewed both more positively and more accurately.
Real Diversity Means We’re Not All the Same
The way Americans often squirm when terms like race and diversity are introduced suggests that even many best-intentioned approaches to these defining issues are all wrong.