Don't dine solo: "Eating with people, compared with eating alone, was a surprisingly strong indicator of subjective wellbeing—as statistically significant as income and employment status. That holds true even when accounting for other factors, such as age and education."

For years, institutions have systematically silenced or ignored the few internal truth-tellers who have tried to sound the alarm about indulgence of cancel culture, anti-meritocratic appointment processes, the metastasising spread of DEI infrastructure. thetimes.com/comment/column…

Being kind boosts mental health more than seeking joy. Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself. Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.

#Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Reserve, take part in a simulated visit, board, search and seizure operation for Training Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Michigan. Northern Strike is designed to validate readiness of a Joint

Becoming a father changes your brain  economist.com/science-and-te…

“Acknowledging biological differences does not imply inequality of worth or capability. It simply recognizes that men and women are, on average, different in ways that matter.” aporiamagazine.com/p/the-biologic…

What a cool paper by Catherine Salmon An evolutionary perspective offers insights into the role of fashion in signaling status and sexual attraction. skeptic.com/article/can-ev…

This is the best book I’ve read this year. It is also an important book. In a world obsessed with AI, Max Bennett (Max Bennett ) approaches intelligence from a key point of view: biology. A Brief History of Intelligence assembles the many mechanisms that contribute to

Staggering numbers by the Lancet. Vaccinations have: - Averted 154 million deaths - For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average = 10.2 billion years total - Accounted for 40% of the observed decline in global infant mortality

“How” we sleep? “Why” we sleep? Open Access cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

This open-access article explains 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 for both patients and healthcare professionals. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Musicians’ Brains Show Remarkable Resistance to Pain - neurosciencenews.com/musician-pain-… via @neurosciencenew

Worldwide, regardless of historical, cultural, or social context, women live longer than men. Sexual selection drives this sex difference in adult life expectancy across mammals. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Why and how moral conviction can foster dogmatism, intolerance, and punitive actions, including vigilantism and violence. nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ny…

A massive study on the effects of social class tested 35 hypotheses in 4 countries (N = 33,536). Only 50% of prior findings replicated. Hypotheses based on differences between social class contexts in terms of constraints, uncertainty and status were well supported across

"Unsupported, misleading or erroneous statements regarding gender medicine have appeared in many authoritative US medical journals, including JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, Journal of Adolescent Health, Annual Review of Medicine, and Nature Reviews

"We cannot follow those who loosely attach the word *moral* to anything vaguely social and vaguely good. This is like trying to dissect the heart with a blender. We only lose sight of morality in a mush of social goodness." psychologytoday.com/us/blog/202308…

Source: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Chicago, last evening.