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Inside the Helmet
Inside the Helmet
The Hidden Psychology of Football
Rishi Sukumar
What Fans Never See
Every Sunday, Monday and Thursday of every single week from September to February, millions...
A Skillet, Some Eggs, and a Story of Migration
I didn’t know what shakshuka was until my partner moved to Boston and convinced me to try a bite during brunch one weekend when...
Psychology’s Replication Crisis
One of the cornerstones of modern science is the criterion of replicability. Replicability is the idea that if a phenomenon is real, it should...
Why do I sneeze when I step out into the sun?
Have you ever stepped out into the sun after a long day of sitting inside and suddenly felt the urge to sneeze?
Usually, sneezing is...
Understanding Static Electricity
A Normal Winter Night
It’s a cold winter night, you’re snuggled up in your favorite blanket sitting on a couch and watching TV, the heater...
Overcoming Depression at the Level of the Brain
Depression is a common but serious mood disorder that causes persistent feelings of sadness. Many people, ranging from young to old, suffer from depression....
A History of Bias: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
We’ve come a very long way in the way we perceive medicine and how we use it. We’ve grown from studying the humors of...
Health Shot: Vitamin Overdose
Too much of a good thing is even better? Right? Wrong. Turns out with vitamins, this is not the case. The Vitamin market is...
Psychedelics
Introduction:
Microdosing is the use of micro amounts of psychedelic substances on a consistent basis (Anderson). Psychedelics, such as LSD and psilocybin (street names acid...
Nicotine is Dope: a poem on vaping and addiction
What nice etiquette
Not to be burning a cigarette.
With flavors like Diet Coke
Instead of plain old smoke.
Youth claim to thrive
On something that resembles a flash...