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scienceblog.com > g-secure-attachment-calm-love-evidence

Across 132 studies and 71,011 people, attachment anxiety was associated with lower relationship satisfaction at r = -.32 and avoidance at -.44; the finding that uncertainty increases attraction comes from one experiment with 47 undergraduates, measured at first impression

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1024+ words) The research points the same way as the claim, with two corrections. The dimension most strongly associated with dissatisfaction is avoidance rather than anxiety, and the popular sorting of people into four types is not what the measures actually found....

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scienceblog.com > d-researchers-invited-11-people-to-cuddle-two-holstein-steers-at-a-new-york-sanctuary-and-the-animals-developed-a-striking-preference-they-were-far-more-engaged-with-the-women-than-the-men

Researchers invited 11 people to cuddle two Holstein steers at a New York sanctuary, and the animals developed a striking preference — they were far more engaged with the women than the men

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (455+ words) A surprising finding from a cuddling study challenges assumptions about which humans animals instinctively trust. Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit Magnus is the extrovert. Callum needs a minute. Both are Holstein steers weighing roughly as much as a small hatchback,…...

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scienceblog.com > g-dont-pretend-to-be-someone-you-are-not

Don't pretend to be someone you're not: the measurable cost of a false front, and where the line falls

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (60+ words) Authenticity isn't just nice to have—sustained pretending depletes your mental resources in measurable ways, but knowing when to hold back matters just as much. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Graeme Brown Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit Follow…...

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scienceblog.com > g-appearances-can-be-deceiving

Appearances can be deceiving: the psychology of why we misjudge people in a tenth of a second

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (478+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...

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Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: "no man can rob us of our free will"

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (605+ words) The Stoic promise of unbreakable freedom is narrower—and stranger—than it first appears. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 2, 2026 · How we edit When Epictetus says our will cannot be taken, he does not mean what we might assume....

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scienceblog.com > g-habits-people-who-live-without-regret

People who carry little regret share two habits: they decide by their values and forgive their own mistakes

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (562+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...

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scienceblog.com > g-habits-manipulators-disguise-as-kindness

The habits manipulators disguise as kindness, and the one test that gives them away

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...

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scienceblog.com > g-stopped-apologizing-for

The psychology of over-apologizing: what genuinely happy people have stopped saying sorry for, and why

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (587+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...

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scienceblog.com > g-wealth-means-little-unless

Does wealth make you better? The research says it depends entirely on what you do with it

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (592+ words) ScienceBlog.com is an independent daily science news publication covering peer-reviewed research across all major scientific disciplines. Founded in 2002, it is one of the longest-running science news sites on the internet. It curates and reports on breakthroughs from universities, research…...

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scienceblog.com > t-emotional-tears-infant-distress-signal-adult-care

Emotional tears may have evolved not merely to express sadness, but to change the behaviour of the people around us — a distress signal originating in infancy that humans carried into adult social life to recruit attention, care and protection.

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1418+ words) A new evolutionary account treats adult emotional tears as an infant-derived distress signal, while experiments show support effects that are real but strongly context-dependent. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 30, 2026 · How we edit A line of moisture…...