News in Brief Classical Music Can Heighten Men’s Attractiveness Want to get a woman's attention? Try a little Brahms in the background. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Trick to Debunking Fake News Misinformation is hard to dislodge, but certain techniques can help. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Writing Music Using Only Your Mind German researchers are testing technology that facilitates direct brain-to-page composition. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief What Happens When You Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications According to the people who have tried to do it. Francie Diep
News in Brief Counties Trump Won Have Lower Rates of Life Expectancy A new analysis finds a stark metric for the health-depleting stress of Americans who felt left behind—and who saw Trump as a possible savior. Tom Jacobs
Environment Extreme Weather Can’t Shake Climate-Change Beliefs New research finds attitudes toward climate-change mitigation are only minimally and fleetingly affected by severe weather. Tom Jacobs
Environment Are Big Companies Doing Enough to Combat Deforestation? Hundreds of companies have pledged to cut commodities grown on deforested land from their supply chains, but few have turned those promises into successful policies. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief For Greater Creativity, Go for Baroque New research finds upbeat music from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons stimulates a key type of creative thinking. Tom Jacobs
Education Trained Musicians Make Better Decisions New research finds there's an advantage to starting music lessons in late childhood. Tom Jacobs
Environment Could Climate Change Be Behind the Rise in Traffic Deaths? A new study seems to suggest so. Kate Wheeling