How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain

 https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228

Words and Phrases to Avoid in a Difficult Conversation

 https://getpocket.com/explore/item/words-and-phrases-to-avoid-in-a-difficult-conversation

How to Stop Overthinking Everything

https://hbr.org/2021/02/how-to-stop-overthinking-everything

‘Underreaction’ Is Your Best Parenting Tool

 https://lifehacker.com/underreaction-is-your-best-parenting-tool-1850149458

Fat, Sugar, Salt … :You’ve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong Scientists are asking tough questions about the health effects of ultra-processed diets. The answers are complicated—and surprising.

 https://www.wired.com/story/ultra-processed-foods/

Perspective: Faith is a factor in good mental health. Why are so many people unable to see this?

 https://www.deseret.com/2023/2/16/23589985/faith-mental-health-perception-lgbtq-teens

There Are Eight Forms of Intelligence, Not Just One: Which Apply to You?

 https://www.openculture.com/2022/10/there-are-eight-forms-of-intelligence-not-just-one-which-apply-to-you.html

New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?: Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.

 https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/nyc-real-estate-covid-more-apartments-higher-rent.html

What We've Lost Playing the Lottery

 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/what-weve-lost-playing-the-lottery

An 80-Year Harvard Study Found the Secret to a Happy Life. These 9 Simple Habits Make It Possible: "One thing continuously demonstrates its broad and enduring importance ..."

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/an-80-year-harvard-study-found-secret-to-a-happy-life-these-9-simple-habits-will-improve-yours.html

This study is famous in academic circles. There's never been one like it before it or since. I've been aware of it for about 40 years. The findings have been consistent over time as well.

79 Years Ago, a Spy Agency Showed Agents 8 Ways to Sabotage Business Meetings. Unfortunately, Most Can Still Be Found in Every Meeting You Attend: A U.S. spy agency's 'General Interference With Organizations and Production' list might as well be a blueprint for the average meeting.

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/79-years-ago-a-spy-agency-showed-agents-8-ways-to-sabotage-business-meetings-unfortunately-most-can-still-be-found-in-every-meeting-you-attend.html

The New Case for Social Climbing: Meritocracy is make-believe. It’s all about who you know.

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/social-climbing-meritocracy-networking/672675/

The 27 Best Decluttering Tips of All Time: Once the extra, unnecessary stuff is deleted, only the best is left.

 https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-27-greatest-decluttering-tips-of-all-time

The Forgotten Art of Squatting Is a Revelation for Bodies Ruined by Sitting: In much of the world, squatting is as normal a part of life as sitting in a chair.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-forgotten-art-of-squatting-is-a-revelation-for-bodies-ruined-by-sitting

How to Brush Your Teeth Properly, According to a Dentist

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-brush-your-teeth-properly-according-to-a-dentist

Why short-sightedness is on the rise

 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220927-can-you-prevent-short-sightedness-in-kids

Your Section-by-Section Guide to Storing Foods in the Fridge, From the Upper Shelves to the Crisper Drawers: Where you store your food can impact how long it stays fresh and reduce your risk of cross contamination.

 https://www.marthastewart.com/8316531/how-to-organize-foods-in-refrigerator

Tour Amazon's dream home, where every appliance is also a spy: Here's everything Amazon learns about your family, your home and you

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/amazon-smart-home/

America’s most remarkable kid died in Newcastle, Utah — his legacy never will

https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/22/23309244/cole-summers-died-newcastle-utah-warren-buffett-charlie-munger-bari-weiss-unschooled

Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened

 https://www.wired.com/story/polio-is-back-in-the-us-and-uk-heres-how-that-happened/

Perspective: The atheist who warned the world about porn addiction

https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/2/23268655/perspective-the-atheist-who-warned-the-world-about-porn-addiction-gary-wilson-your-brain-on-porn?

Hoboken Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in Four Years. What’s It Doing Right?

https://www.curbed.com/2022/06/hoboken-traffic-deaths-none-vision-zero-streets.html

Teenage Justice A list of boys “to look out for” appeared on a high-school bathroom wall last fall. The story of one of them.

 https://www.thecut.com/article/cancel-culture-high-school-teens.html

Washington D.C. Temple Open House: A Capital Success

https://latterdaysaintmag.com/washington-d-c-temple-open-house-a-capital-success/

Real Estate Reality Shows Are Lying to You

 https://lifehacker.com/real-estate-reality-shows-are-lying-to-you-1849028260

How San Francisco Became a Failed City: And how it could recover

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/

When Scientific Minds Abandon Scientific Principles: The Mystery Behind Why My Grandfather Refused to Talk About Dinosaurs

https://thepulse.one/2022/06/08/when-scientific-minds-abandon-scientific-principles-the-mystery-behind-why-my-grandfather-refused-to-talk-about-dinosaurs/

The greatest enemies of science are scientists who refuse to debate their critics, and the scientists and politicians who use politics to stifle debate. “The science is settled,” they often say as they wave their credentials in your face or make reference to consensus. Of all the crimes against science, the worst is this phrase and these two anti-scientific arguments used to legitimize it. These chilling words extinguish the habit of independent thinking, they teach new generations that some questions are off limits, they tell others that careers and funding may depend on alignment with establishment views, they allow scoundrels to silence their critics, and they elevate scientific knowledge to the realm of faith, exempt from the burden of proof. This contemptible phrase, and the two anti-scientific arguments used to legitimize it, turn the discipline of science into a political exercise, empowering those spouting politically correct proclamations to function as a sort of Ministry of Truth with the power to tell others how to think and what to believe.

Perspective: The church was my escape from misogyny and violence: My childhood left me shot through with fear and shame. Good Latter-day Saints helped me heal

https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/7/23149268/perspective-the-church-was-my-escape-from-misogyny-and-violence-latter-day-saints-healing-trauma

This 715-song playlist is scientifically verified to give you the chills, thanks to “frisson”

 https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/frisson-song-playlist/

Why Was the Tonga Eruption So Massive? Scientists Have New Clues

 https://www.wired.com/story/why-was-the-tonga-eruption-so-massive-scientists-have-new-clues/

Why these men find the phrase ‘toxic masculinity,’ well, toxic

 https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2022/0131/Why-these-men-find-the-phrase-toxic-masculinity-well-toxic

What We Don't Want to Know

 https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypybk/what-we-dont-want-to-know

Can we learn something from Catholics and Latter-day Saints when it comes to America’s therapist shortage?

 https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/12/21/22843101/what-we-should-be-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-the-therapist-shortage-anxiety-pandemic

Opinion: Balancing the tensions of our Latter-day Saint and LGBTQ conversations We can do better in holding to both truth and love without neglecting one or the other

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/10/21/22717022/balancing-the-tensions-of-our-latter-day-saint-and-lgbtq-conversations-mormon-truth-love

The Real Scandal About Ivermectin Claims about the drug are based on shoddy science—but that science is entirely unremarkable in its shoddiness.

 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/ivermectin-research-problems/620473/

Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.

I try to post items of interest that are extraordinarily important, thorough and interesting. This one happens to be mind-blowing!

https://thecounter.org/lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost-at-scale/

How a ‘fatally, tragically flawed’ paradigm has derailed the science of obesity

 https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/13/how-a-fatally-tragically-flawed-paradigm-has-derailed-the-science-of-obesity/

Everything You Didn’t Know About the Trusty Tape Measure

 https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/tape-measure-guide/

Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris: The odd, enduring appeal of a scarce commodity few people use and no one really needs.

 https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/why-we-cant-shake-ambergris/

The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?: A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse.

 https://www.wired.com/story/opioid-drug-addiction-algorithm-chronic-pain/

THE CALIFORNIA DREAM IS DYING: The once-dynamic state is closing the door on economic opportunity.

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/california-dream-dying/619509/

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AMAZON MYSTERY SEEDS: Why did so many Americans receive strange packages they didn’t think they’d ordered?

 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/unsolicited-seeds-china-brushing/619417/

Opinion: The trouble with claiming 1 in 5 Latter-day Saints is nonheterosexual

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/6/28/22554177/the-trouble-with-claiming-1-in-5-latter-day-saints-is-non-heterosexual-mormon-lgbtq

Living with a short sleep gene: 'It's a gift'

 https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/health/short-sleep-gene-wellness-scn/index.html

One of the brothers, Elder Paul V. Johnson, is an official in my Church and has been serving since 2005.

Perspective: Modern motherhood has a major PR problem: Talking about the joys of parenthood isn’t just some slick spin to get people to produce more human capital. It’s the truth.

https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/11/22528243/culture-winning-the-smear-campaign-against-pro-family-parenting-social-media-motherhood

4 science-backed ways to identify and stop negative self-talk

 https://www.fastcompany.com/90645945/4-science-backed-ways-to-identify-and-stop-negative-self-talk

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

 https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

 https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/

The secret to a lasting marriage? Maybe start with a big, cheap church wedding

 https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/12/22372416/the-secret-to-a-lasting-marriage-a-big-cheap-church-wedding-online-ordination-elopement-las-vegas

The surprising truth about which men do the most chores: A study by University of Utah researchers debunks stereotype of what type of men do the most domestic chores

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/1/11/22219373/religious-men-and-secular-men-housework-christian-catholic-muslim-jewish-utah-social-compass

Designers and Statisticians Disagree On What Makes a Good Information Graphic

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/designers-and-statisticians-disagree-on-what-makes-a-good-information-graphic

Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene: Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.

 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/

The self-silencing majority: In red America and blue America, an epidemic of self-censorship is threatening democracy

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/3/2/22309605/the-silenced-majority-bari-weiss-new-york-times-cancel-culture-free-speech-democrat-republican

The joy of the big, messy family: These couples are embracing more children than is typical. Here’s why

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/3/1/22303240/the-joy-of-the-big-messy-family-jim-gaffigan-catholic-mormon-kids

How to speak in public Public speaking can feel like an ordeal, but take a lesson from the ancients: it’s a skill you can develop like any other

 https://psyche.co/guides/public-speaking-doesnt-need-to-be-an-ordeal-if-you-follow-the-ancients

How to Stop Overthinking Everything

https://hbr.org/2021/02/how-to-stop-overthinking-everything

What Are Sperm Telling Us?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/sunday/endocrine-disruptors-sperm.html

Unhealthy Foods Aren’t Just Bad For You, They May Also Be Addictive

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/well/eat/food-addiction-fat.html

A Case Against the Peeping Tom Theory of Privacy Yes, it's creepy when companies can track your every move. But that's not the only problem.

 https://www.wired.com/story/against-peeping-tom-theory-of-privacy/

Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls? Every year, tens of millions of Americans collectively lose billions of dollars to scam callers. Where does the other end of the line lead?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/magazine/scam-call-centers.html

The 432-year-old manual on social distancing

 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210107-the-432-year-old-manual-on-social-distancing

These everyday ‘scams’ have become so normalized that we hardly even notice them anymore

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-scams-have-become-so-normalized-we-hardly-even-notice-them-anymore-11607545806

THROWAWAY KIDS: ‘WE ARE SENDING MORE FOSTER KIDS TO PRISON THAN COLLEGE’

 https://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/article238206754.html

Skin in the Game: Wall Street’s answer to the student-debt crisis

 https://harpers.org/archive/2020/12/skin-in-the-game-wall-street-student-debt-crisis/

An unusual snack for cows, a powerful fix for climate: Feeding them seaweed slashes the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/27/climate-solutions-seaweed-methane/

The Mystery of Florida's Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort

 https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-mystery-of-florida-s-cannonball-eating-spanish-fort

3 Signs You’re the Toxic Person in Your Workplace (and What to Do About It)

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/3-signs-you-re-the-toxic-person-in-your-workplace-and-what-to-do-about-it

The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-unexpected-benefits-of-thinking-for-yourself-in-an-age-of-polling#1013172

The Complete Guide to Motivation

 https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020/11/02/motivation/

How to Thrive When Everything Feels Terrible

 https://hbr.org/2020/10/how-to-thrive-when-everything-feels-terrible

Sharks Wash Up on Beaches, Stabbed by Swordfish

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/science/swordfish-stabbing-sharks.html

The True Cost of Marijuana: A Colorado Town That Went All-In

 https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-true-cost-of-marijuana-a-colorado-town-that-went-all-in_3546091.html

The need to touch: The language of touch binds our minds and bodies to the broader social world. What happens when touch becomes taboo?

 https://aeon.co/essays/touch-is-a-language-we-cannot-afford-to-forget

How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills

 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201022-how-solitude-and-isolation-can-change-how-you-think

Man Made Whirlpool Powers A Village

 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oi1pt