How to help your brain create shortcuts for happiness. by Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. “Have you found happiness?” Whenever I hear this question, I wonder why happiness is being treated like…
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Here’s Why You Should Be Having Sex in the Morning
It can give you the energy you need to tackle the day ahead. By Jordyn Taylor and Stacey Leasca Most nights, after a long day at work, all you want…
11 Thanksgiving “Facts” That Actually Aren’t True
Most of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner is a lie. There are a few popular Thanksgiving misconceptions It’s one of American history’s most familiar scenes: A small group of Pilgrims prepares…
Daylight Saving Time Is Ending:
Here’s How To Help Your Body Adjust So You’re Not Tired All The Time By Eva Selhub, M.D. While many of you are looking forward to gaining an hour of…
A Surprising Cause of Prejudice
The real problem might be how we relate to people like us By Ron B. Aviram, Ph.D. Prejudice waxes and wanes in society, often for reasons about which people disagree.…
What Is Intermittent Fasting? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Get the facts about the popular weight-loss method. By Tehrene Firman If eating is #life, intermittent fasting might not be for you. Instead of waking up and eating breakfast, grabbing…
These Are the Healthiest Fruits You Should Be Eating
All fruit is healthy, but which reign supreme? By Markham Heid In many ways, asking which fruit is healthiest is sort of like asking which exercises is best; the answer…
Non-Unanimous Juries Cripple Communities of Color
Until a couple of months ago, Louisiana’s prison population had increased five-fold since the late 1970s making it the incarceration capitol of the world. This wave of mass incarceration- increasingly…
Legal Marijuana Now in Louisiana
LOUISIANA TAKES A SMALL STEP TOWARDS THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA By Darryl K. Henderson, J.D. Several of us know that Canada is the birthplace of the ancestors of…
Why You Keep Checking Your Phone
The Seductive Pull of Screens That You Might Not Know About by Mike Brooks Ph.D. One reason screens have a strange power over us might be new to you. There…