Items by By JOHN TIERNEY
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From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz
Posted: May 20th, 2012, 10:05pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy” in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
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Findings: Novelty-Seeking (Neophilia) Can Be a Predictor of Well-Being
Posted: February 14th, 2012, 10:21am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Novelty-seeking, a personality trait long associated with trouble, turns out to be one of the crucial predictors of emotional and physical well-being.
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News Analysis: New Year’s Resolutions Stick When Willpower Is Reinforced
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 8:29pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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People who are most successful at keeping their New Year’s resolutions set up their lives to minimize temptations.
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News Analysis: New Year’s Resolutions Stick When Willpower Is Reinforced
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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People who are most successful at keeping their New Year’s resolutions set up their lives to minimize temptations.
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News Analysis: New Year’s Resolutions Stick When Willpower Is Reinforced
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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People who are most successful at keeping their New Year’s resolutions set up their lives to minimize temptations.
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Findings: A Serving of Gratitude Brings Healthy Dividends
Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 2:27pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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A new series of experiments and studies shows, for the first time, that the feeling of gratitude is linked to lower rates of aggression.
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Findings: E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit, but They Have Some Unlikely Critics
Posted: November 8th, 2011, 2:55am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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The results of a study of “e-cigarettes” are encouraging, but a coalition of government officials and antismoking groups are warning about their dangers and trying to ban their sale.
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A Hearing Aid That Cuts Out All the Clatter
Posted: October 24th, 2011, 5:25pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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As hearing loops are installed in stores, banks, museums, subway stations and other public spaces, people who have felt excluded are suddenly back in the conversation.
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Magazine Preview: Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
Posted: August 17th, 2011, 8:00am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them well. So how do we navigate a world of endless choice?
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Findings: Can a Playground Be Too Safe?
Posted: July 19th, 2011, 12:20am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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A bad fall may mean a child is less likely to have a fear of heights later in life. Efforts to regulate playground equipment to prevent injuries may stunt emotional development, a new study suggests.
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Findings: A Release Valve for Cyclists’ Unrelenting Pressure
Posted: June 28th, 2011, 1:55am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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New noseless saddles can save cyclists from soreness and numbness in the genital region, but their popularity is lagging.
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Findings: A Release Valve for Cyclists’ Unrelenting Pressure
Posted: June 28th, 2011, 1:55am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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New noseless saddles can save cyclists from soreness and numbness in the genital region, but their popularity is lagging.
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Findings: A New Gauge to See What’s Beyond Happiness
Posted: May 17th, 2011, 10:44pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Calculating people’s state of mind now includes asking about their positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment.
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Findings: 3-D Avatars Could Put You in Two Places at Once
Posted: April 11th, 2011, 7:53pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Through a 3-D avatar, you could always appear awake.Conferences with 3-D avatars are nigh, because consumer technology has caught up with the work going on in a pioneering virtual-reality laboratory.
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Findings: The Threatening Scent of Fertile Women
Posted: February 22nd, 2011, 10:22am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Men in a relationship, unlike the unattached, tell themselves that a fertile woman isn’t really that attractive, researchers say.
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Findings: Heavy Doses of DNA Data, With Few Side Effects
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 12:40am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Most people say they’ll pay for genetic tests even if the predictions are sometimes wrong, and most people don’t seem to be traumatized even when they receive bad news.
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Findings: When the Mind Wanders, Happiness Also Strays
Posted: November 16th, 2010, 12:10am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Researchers said they found that in most activities, a mind that wandered could diminish one’s happiness.
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Record Sail by Reid Stowe to End on 1,152nd Day
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 1:53am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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When Reid Stowe sails his 70-foot schooner, the Anne, into Manhattan, he will have completed a journey of 1,152 days.
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Record Sail by Reid Stowe to End on 1,152nd Day
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:31am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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When Reid Stowe sails his 70-foot schooner, the Anne, into Manhattan, he will have completed a journey of 1,152 days.
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Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again
Posted: April 12th, 2010, 2:35pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Scientists are studying the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating consciousness.
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Findings: When It Comes to Salt, No Rights or Wrongs. Yet.
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 7:55pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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There’s plenty of menacing talk about the perils of excess sodium. But where’s the evidence?
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Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome
Posted: February 9th, 2010, 12:19am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.
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Findings: Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow
Posted: December 29th, 2009, 12:54am EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Recovering procrastinators of pleasure should try a simple New Year’s resolution: Have fun ... now!
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Findings: To Explain Longevity Gap, Look Past Health System
Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 3:16pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Researchers calculated that if deaths due to smoking were excluded, the United States would rise to the top half of the rankings for developed countries.
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Findings: Oversaving, a Burden for Our Times
Posted: March 24th, 2009, 2:19pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Now that shoppers have sworn off credit cards, we’re risking an epidemic of a hitherto neglected affliction: saver’s remorse.
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TierneyLab: Is Modern Society Sustainable?
Posted: December 23rd, 2008, 1:59pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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When John Holdren, the next presidential science advisor, lost a bet with Julian Simon, it wasn't just a wager about the prices of about metals. It was about a fundamental view of how adaptable and innovative humans are, and whether a rich modern society is "sustainable.".
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Findings: Health Halo Can Hide the Calories
Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 6:44pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Have Americans been seduced into overeating by the so-called health halo associated with certain foods and restaurants?
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TierneyLab: Sci-Fi Ray Gun Debuts in Iraq
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 1:38pm EST by By JOHN TIERNEY
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(Photo: A Flash Gordon ray gun from the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. (Gary Settle for The New York Times)) I tremble to type this, but here goes: The ray gun has finally become a reality. At least that's what the Economist reports. It says a "directed-energy [...].
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TierneyLab: Answers to the Space Quiz
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 4:14pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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Spoiler alert: If you haven't taken the Space Exploration Quiz yet, go no further! Click here to take the 10-question quiz and get your answers scored immediately. But if you've already taken it, we have the answers, plus some cool pictures and video links, from the creator of the quiz, Christopher De Pree, the [...].
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TierneyLab: Space Exploration Quiz
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 9:08am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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This won't be on the space exploration quiz: The newest explorer, NASA's Phoenix, in an artist's concept of its scheduled landing on Mars. (Credit: HO/AFP/Getty Images) In honor of the the Phoenix's scheduled arrival on Mars this weekend, we have a space-exploration quiz and prize for you. If the NASA spacecraft survives its fiery [...].
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Findings: Appeasing the Gods, With Insurance
Posted: May 5th, 2008, 11:12pm EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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We may not believe in fate, research shows, but we also refuse to tempt it.
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TierneyLab: A Nudge (or a Shove?) to the Unwise
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:54am EDT by By JOHN TIERNEY
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How much of a nudge do we need to do the right thing? In my Findings column I discuss some ideas for gently prodding people to conserve energy. I'd like to hear your ideas, particularly if you have any suggestions for a little device that would give a real-time glowing display of [...].