http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a15964/honey-badgers-mens-rights-movement/ The women scattered across the U.S. and Canada who call themselves Honey Badgers have no true affiliation with the ferocious carnivorous mammals, nor with the viral nature mockumentary meme. They are, in fact, a group of concerned individuals who have banded together to stand up to a society thatContinue Reading

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/trump_s_solicitor_general_tries_and_fails_to_argue_that_the_president_is.html There are definitely benefits to growing up with a common name, particularly as a child—when fitting in is paramount. Emily Arden, owner of the arts organization ReCreative Spaces, says that as a kid, she was delighted by how easy it was to find her name on keychains and otherContinue Reading

Andrew Little not ruling out ‘radical’ idea to run a prison on Maori values: ‘Whatever we’re doing now is wrong’: https://t.co/zYIVIWLEEQ pic.twitter.com/Il4FAmUK0z — 1 NEWS (@1NewsNZ) May 8, 2017 Te Tai Tokerau Labour MP Kelvin Davis proposed the idea, with Mr Little referring it as “new ways of confronting whatContinue Reading

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/communication-success/201704/the-7-stages-gaslighting-in-relationships Gaslighting is a form of persistent manipulation and brainwashing that causes the victim to doubt her or himself, and ultimately lose one’s own sense of perception, identity, and self-worth. The term gaslighting is derived from the 1944 film “Gaslight”, where a husband tries to convince his wife that she’sContinue Reading

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dating-and-mating/201705/the-good-reasons-we-stay-in-bad-relationships Common mechanisms which help to maintain our relationships are “partner-enhancement” and “positive illusions.” Both terms refer to the fact that we tend to see our romantic partners positively, sometimes unrealistically so (Morry et al., 2010; Conley et al., 2009). In both gay and lesbian as well as heterosexual couples,Continue Reading

Scientists reduce fear of death by using virtual reality to induce an out-of-body experience https://t.co/ReJWIUNNFc — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) May 7, 2017 “Here we wanted to see what the effects were of establishing a strong feeling of ownership over a virtual body, and then moving people out of it, so simulatingContinue Reading

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/security-news-week-hackers-beat-two-factor-authentication-rob-bank-accounts/?mbid=social_twitter In 2014, researchers demonstrated that SS7, which was created in the 1980s by telcos to allow cellular and some landline networks to interconnect and exchange data, is fundamentally flawed. Someone with internal access to a telco – such as a hacker or a corrupt employee – can get accessContinue Reading

Study uncovers how brain damage increases religious fundamentalism https://t.co/OHfXe3AIF7 — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) May 6, 2017 Grafman and his colleagues examined male Vietnam combat veterans with lesions to part of the brain known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. They found veterans with these lesions reported higher levels of religious fundamentalism comparedContinue Reading