Internet and workplace trends, and the data underneath them.
Reported by Sana Whitfield
Two experiments with about 31,000 participants found a 0.060 standard deviation mood gain from six weeks off Facebook and 0.041 from Instagram. A viral summary called it substantial. The authors' own benchmarks say otherwise.
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A Journal of Experimental Social Psychology paper says admiration drops for both creator and work, but recalled enjoyment of the work is shielded. Sample sizes were not in the coverage.
A new paper from 13 well-being scientists repeats a 10 percent and 40 percent split that matches the 2005 happiness pie. A 2019 critique found little empirical evidence for it.
The site says searches rose exponentially but published no counts. The Michigan survey of 874,931 teens behind the looksmaxxing-creatine headline measured supplements, not the trend.
A BMC Medicine study found the body's cannabis-like molecule rising for hours of running. It did not show that the molecule causes the feeling.
A Johns Hopkins study of 995 Medicare beneficiaries found a link between frequent, unplanned napping and later dementia. The authors say the nap may be a symptom, and the short-nap result complicates common advice.
A count across six exam boards links missing names to girls leaving physics and maths at 16. It is a correlation, and no one has tested whether adding the names would keep them.
A 136-person study found museum visitors could dial accent imitation up or off on command. With no instructions, one feature leaked through: the missing r.
A study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that watching others follow a rule changed little, while watching big violations pushed some people past them. The task was abstract and carried no penalty.
An Innsbruck study found no faster recovery from touch, but a smaller bodily reaction to a second stressor. The effect came from an exploratory analysis, and a daily-life study found no stress buffer.
A24's You Can See Everything doubled its projection and sold out more than 2,000 shows, but Deadline, Fortune and TheWrap rank the opening differently, and every figure is a Sunday estimate.
Darshan Magdum reached New Jersey on October 16 on an O-1B visa. The petition rested on 1.3 million followers, a Kesha single and a sold-out show, but the only confirmation of approval is the band's own.
A Journal of Applied Psychology paper found women who scored higher on cognitive tests were rated as more hostile and got less help. Two students' scores decide whether one result holds.
A Michigan State study of 230 artists from 1947 to 2024 found fewer emotion words and fewer mentions of friends and family. The coverage leaves out the measuring tool and the effect sizes.
A UK and Sweden survey experiment found scientists beat government officials but not business voices or advocates. The gap closed for people with none of three specific doubts about scientists.
A new paper says well-meant gender labels can backfire. The press release says children and adults of both genders judged girls less capable. The paper limits that finding to adults, and its interest effect appeared in three of seven experiments.
A paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin says people who go silent feel more guilt than those waiting expect. The only experiment with real strangers did not show it across the board.
A Nature Medicine analysis found 52 of 90 blood markers jump at the final period in US data, and none of that movement appeared in men. The design is cross-sectional, and outside experts dispute the word cliff.
A 204-patient trial in Zurich found that patients' own songs took the edge off an IV cannula. The study's own comparison tables are less tidy than the press coverage.
A 35-year Northwestern study of 1,266 adults found heavier lifetime cannabis use tracked with worse measured sleep, while self-rated sleep looked the same. The design cannot show cause.
