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Call Me Mary Poppins: In Praise Of Positivity  

Maybe all of those people who distanced themselves from emotion and frowned upon my "Mary Poppins" outlook had been right all along.

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Eating Too Many Oreos? How About Some Shock Therapy Instead!

This is an article about a real product that exists, that was designed to deliver an electric shock, to YOUR BODY, to stop you from eati

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"Go Find The Beauty In People And Tell Them": Interview With Calvin Liu, Co-Creator Of Outpour App

A new app is countering the often noxious world of online interactions via positive affirmations. We catch up with one of its founders.

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Just Say "No" To National Comfort Food Day

This is not a holiday that warrants celebration.

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New Study Says We Aren't Awful Shallow People

Congratulations! We think nice people are prettier.

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Bioethicists Defend Contoversial Facebook Study—But Does The Real Problem Lie With Psychology Itself?

The modern trajectory of psychology—choose dumb topics to study; study those dumb topics poorly—has us worried.

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New App Can Find Your "Happiest" Facebook Friends (Is That Great, Depressing, or Does It Even Matter?)

While there's a whole bevy of humanity that knows all-too-well the sometimes detrimental effect Facebook has on our sense of self-worth, a new app developed by TIME is aimed at telling you who your happiest friends are...which could produce the opposite effect.

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