How children explain the differences they see in their classmates have important implications for their motivation and academic performance, as well as for educational inequalities.
Without the public’s trust, scientists have difficulty affecting policy and having an impact. With this in mind, we explored how endorsements of presidential candidates by scientific publications affected trust in science.
Countries have different ideas about what “happiness” should looks like. It turns out that we are more generous toward other people when their smile matches our cultural ideal of happiness.
Writing a letter to one’s future self—and then writing a response from the future self back to the present self—seems to help students map out paths to future success.