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Aug 3 The Atacama Desert is so dry that parts receive less than two millimetres of rain a year, and its salty, oxidising… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 3 Psychology says the first thing that goes in retirement isn't purpose Brendan Brown
Aug 3 Psychology says people who genuinely don't care what others think aren't rude or selfish Brendan Brown
Aug 3 Psychology says the loneliest people in life aren't the ones nobody likes Brendan Brown
Aug 3 We are far worse at predicting our own happiness than we assume Lachlan Brown
Aug 3 Research on parental speech that damages a child relationship points to felt financial pressure and conditional… Lachlan Brown
Aug 3 People searching for signs their friends secretly tolerate them are working from a documented bias Lachlan Brown
Aug 3 A 2008 experiment found people who spent money on strangers felt happier than those who spent it on themselves, though… Lachlan Brown
Aug 3 A 2009 study of more than 2,000 people found self-compassion predicted steadier self-worth through failure than… Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 2 The belief that living near the sea makes people happier is more than a holiday feeling Lachlan Brown
Aug 2 When Denmark retired its old NemID login system in 2023, official figures showed only 31,000 people were still using… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 Iceland shortened the working week without reducing pay, while Gothenburg’s six-hour care trial cost about 12 million… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 Study after study finds that morning people report being happier than night owls, but the reason may be less about the… Lachlan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the loneliest people in a room are often the most socially skilled because they learned early to… Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the reason most people never change their lives isn't fear of failure Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the most dangerous form of loneliness isn't being alone Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the 1960s and 70s accidentally produced one of the most emotionally durable generations in modern… Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Aksel Sandemose's 1933 satire coined ten rules against pretending to be better than everyone else, and a 2018 Norwegian… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 1 Psychology says people who are liked by almost everyone but close to almost no one aren’t mysterious or emotionally… Lachlan Brown