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Hardship can make you stronger, but only in moderation, and only because of what you build afterward
33+ min ago (556+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...
Giving your time and money does lift people, but only when you give it a certain way
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (584+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...
A 2025 study co-authored at the University of Toronto found that effortfully trying to maximize happiness can consume the same mental resources used for self-control—leaving people more vulnerable to temptation and less able to persist at the things that might improve their lives. Chase happiness too deliberately, and you may undermine the habits that sustain it.
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (1612+ words) Four studies linked effortful happiness maximization with weaker subsequent self-control, but the shared-resource mechanism was inferred and no long-term habits were measured. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 28, 2026 · How we edit Trying to feel happier can become…...
Being smart does not protect you from bias, and can quietly make it worse
23+ hour, 41+ min ago (591+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...
In 1990, a third of Americans said they had ten or more close friends. By 2021, that was one in eight — and nobody scheduled the disappearance, it happened one skipped hangout at a time
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (222+ words) The friendship recession crept up so gradually that most people never noticed they were becoming lonelier—until looking back revealed a chasm. Published August 27, 2026 · How we edit I think this is the part people misunderstand about their own social lives....
Crows can memorise the face of a person who wronged them, hold the grudge for as long as 17 years, and teach it to their own chicks and flockmates, so that birds who never even saw the original offence will still harass the person on sight.
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (119+ words) A grudge held by a bird can outlast a human marriage—and spread through an entire flock like generational trauma. Published August 26, 2026 · How we edit Related – if you love learning about our animal kingdom, check out this video we created…...
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca: "hold every hour in your grasp; lay hold of today's task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow's"
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (355+ words) The hours you don't actively claim are the ones that disappear entirely. Published August 26, 2026 · How we edit Nobody took it from me. I handed it over, one small drift at a time. I think that is the exact thing Seneca…...
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius: "Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial"
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (669+ words) A Stoic emperor's brutal morning mantra reveals its true purpose only if you read past the pessimism to what comes next. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit Read on its own, the…...
The people you become friends with may already process the world like you do before either of you says hello — brain responses to the same movie clips predicted who would be friends eight months later
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1601+ words) A longitudinal fMRI study found that pre-existing similarities in responses to movie clips anticipated later friendship-network proximity, although the strongest results were narrower than a universal friend detector. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit…...
The idea that we most regret the things we never did is genuinely backed by research, with two refinements the slogan misses: it is specifically a long-run pattern, and the deepest of these regrets are about the person we hoped to become and didn't
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (559+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...