neuroscience You can hear the smile in someone's voice even when you can't Dan Ruderman

History The weird(er) US-North Korea summit that ended with 4.5 hours of silent staring David Pescovitz

law How LSD microdosing made a mega difference in one woman's mood, marriage, and life Mark Frauenfelder

learning Watch: Social psychology for kids Mark Frauenfelder

useful stuff Interview with Douglas Rushkoff Mark Frauenfelder

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

psychedelics Counterculture icon and psychedelic pioneer Ram Dass, RIP David Pescovitz

gun violence Washington is finally starting to do something about gun violence, just not about mass shootings Thom Dunn

psychology Eminent psychologists condemn "emotion detection" systems as being grounded in junk science Cory Doctorow

class war Exploitation of workers becomes more socially acceptable if the workers are perceived as "passionate" about their jobs Cory Doctorow

evolutionary psychology Test your understanding of evolutionary psychology with this rigorous quiz Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell's case for resisting "The Attention Economy" Cory Doctorow

scholarship Regardless of political affiliation, over-65s are most likely to share "fake news" (and there's not much fake news, and it's largely right-wing) Cory Doctorow

book reviews The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality Ferdinando Buscema

Business Incredibly detailed technical guide to camgirling is a mix of advanced retail psychology and advice on performing emotional labor Cory Doctorow

AI Babysitter vetting and voice-analysis: Have we reached peak AI snakeoil? Cory Doctorow

racism Why some people hate Jews and Asian-Americans David Pescovitz

dogs Cat lover sets out to prove dogs not special Jason Weisberger

podcasts How politics became our identity David McRaney