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Psychology

Psychology is the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope. Psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of the mind, and all the variety of phenomena associated to personality.

Francis Weller — The Lost Art of Grieving: Grief as Ritual, Resistance, and Resilience

(Conversation recorded on January 24th, 2025) Show Summary Western culture, particularly in the United States, is often characterized by a profound discomfort and suppression of grief. Without healthy outlets to process loss and pain – es

The Intricate Connection of Birdsongs to Human Language

Introduction Birdsongs have inspired poets and lovers, becoming one of the philosophical focal points in ancient Greece and Rome.

You see more than you think you see

Could it be that when we act on impulse or have a hunch about something, we are using information that has been fed into our brains without our knowledge? Dr.

Rethinking Rank and Privilege in Human Societies

This article was produced by Human Bridges. For two centuries, archaeologists, historians, and social scientists studied human societies in search of the origins of hierarchy—a layered structure where power and privilege are concentrated in the top layer. Realizing that this model failed to account for the real-life complexity of

Rising aggression and hallucinations in teenagers is linked to early smartphone use, a new study finds

A Sapien Labs study links early smartphone use in teens to increased aggression, hallucinations, and detachment from reality. 37% of 13-year-olds reported suicidal thoughts, with nearly half feeling detached from reality. Mental health declines sharply with each younger generation, particularly among girls, with 65% classified as distressed or struggling. Experts

If you want holistic medicine you must do it yourself

The medical establishment has been influenced by the drug industry and focuses on solving problems with drugs, surgery, or radiotherapy, rather than acknowledging the importance of stress, diet and preventive medicine. True holistic medicine combines orthodox and alternative medicine to treat the patient as a whole but this approach is

The side effects of anti-depressants such as Prozac

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (“SSRIs”) anti-depressants are among the most harmful medications on the market, impacting society due to their widespread, and frequently unjustifiable, use. SSRIs are a class of drugs primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders. They work by increasing the levels of serotonin in

Canada: ‘Woke’ ideology is on its way out

In Canada, several major corporations, including Walmart, Starbucks and Ford Motor Company, have moved away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) practices in 2024. Walmart announced sweeping changes to its DEI policies, including erasing DEI-related terminology, ending DEI training programmes and shifting away from prioritising under-represented groups in hiring practices.

How Human Experience Makes Science Possible

This adapted excerpt is from The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson (2025, MIT Press). It is reproduced with permission from MIT Press. This adaptation was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media

If the Gene Technology Bill is passed, how many additional doctors will New Zealand need?

Currently, there are 19,350 doctors in New Zealand; that’s one for every 264 people.

How Archaeologists Can Solve the Earth’s ‘Wicked Problems’

This article was produced by Human Bridges. We used to have “balloon” debates in school: The hot-air balloon is losing height and, to avoid disaster, people must be jettisoned. To avoid this fate, everybody must justify why they should remain on board and their classmates then vote them “on” or

When a Vegetarian Sausage Beats an MRI Scanner

Modern doctors rely far too much on technology; they rely too much upon equipment which is often faulty, frequently badly calibrated and more often than not downright misleading. Today’s doctors have lost the skill that was most valued among doctors a generation ago: the skill to make diagnoses. Let’

Medicine Is Not A Science

Medicine is somewhere in between real science and economics.