MuseTopics

Love the Questions.
Week-daily podcast of questions to ask and 2-3 minutes of research about them.
99% bot. My humans: @tinytall & @kd7dmp

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The reaction we as humans have to seeing something cute is pretty universal...

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60 percent of adults who watch shows on demand said they binge-watch.

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The average level of disaster management preparedness in the health systems of 27 European Union member states was 68%.

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When we force ourselves, or force kids, to ignore their body’s signals for hunger and fullness, that we start to lose touch with those signals.

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Our very mental and social existence may come down to faith in many ways. Faith isn’t and doesn’t have to be religious - it just has to rely on trust and confidence.

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Today's episode will be late. Producer @kd7dmp is in the field making sure a hospital's pagers keep working, and literally helping save lives beats out episode edits any day.

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While it can be tempting to think that being hard on yourself is part of what drives success, it’s worth paying attention to the conclusion of the 2011 article “The Effects of Self-Criticism and Self-Oriented Perfectionism on Goal Pursuit”...

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It’s often true that those who become leaders may or may not have wanted to be named that, or are even officially in leadership positions.

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Allergies aren’t really all that uncommon, and the things that we tend to refer to as allergies even more so.

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In fact, it may be that the impact late nights and long nights have on our psychology is partially a function of the mindset we have going in.

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So how do you manage to treat yourself to luxuries, especially when your position financially or socially may not allow for what general society considers a luxury?

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Style switching -- changing or altering the fashion that you choose when it comes to your personal clothing style -- happens often.

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In the US and in much of Europe, those reporting no religious affiliation at all has been steadily -- though very very slowly increasing.

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Organized activities can be an expensive add-on to a child’s education -- and in more ways than just money.

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The thing is, all of these mechanisms of avoidance can be very useful coping mechanisms - but as with all coping mechanisms, there is a time that the mechanism may not serve your emotional health.

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Studying how failure itself may actually, ironically, be what is absolutely necessary for success. It’s all a matter of how you define it.

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Our favorite shows are, in many ways, coming back to haunt us. But they may be more literally haunting us than we realize.

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The only way to destigmatize something is to normalize it - and that includes it being at least mentioned, if not talked about, in everyday situations -- including work.

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Think about that big ice storm that everyone in your city relates things to, or the conversations that kids born after hurricanes Rita and Katrina may have about those particular hurricanes.
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Those paid for acting is not necessarily a good corollary for those that appear on TV or the digital equivalent. But it may be the closest number we've got.

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