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Even Fruit Flies Eat More, Sleep Less When They Are Lonely: Study

...and significantly contributed to neuroscience as a discipline. In the present study, scientists found that quarantining them in a test tube activated the neuron associated with more eating. This was...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

"I Can't Help It!"

What It’s Like To Live With: Narcolepsy

...issues. That’s when I was able to maintain some discipline. They, basically, went from, “you don’t have any problems” to “oh, we’re so sorry, do whatever you want” to “okay,...

By Devrupa Rakshit

How Autism Interventions Are Starting to Move Away From ‘Fixing’ Autistic People

...beginning to move away from its erstwhile goal of “fixing” autistic people. For decades, applied behavioral analysis (ABA) — a scientific discipline that espouses a narrow definition of normal and...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Say It Again Louder

SC Objects to Mental Health Stereotypes, Says No to ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach

...self-discipline and willpower is to be blamed for mental illnesses. Notably, such a statement coming from a legal institution further stigmatizes and undermines mental health conditions. “If individuals continue to...

By Saumya Kalia

Lusting For Bloodlusters

Why Do We Desire Famous Bad People?

...of dedication, and an archetype of self-sacrifice, a mixture of volatility, purity, severe discipline,” Morgan adds. It’s the ultimate intermingling of sex and violence to make an unequal, hierarchical status...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Body Mass Illusion

BMI Has Done ‘Historical Harm,’ Is an ‘Imperfect’ Measure of Health: American Medical Association

...scientific justification for eugenics (a discipline that believed in the creation of perfect human beings via elimination so-called social ills through genetics and heredity) — and inversely participated in the...

By Hetvi Kamdar

Rishta Wahi... Soch Wahi

The Indian Arranged Marriage System Publicly Updated Its Vocabulary, But Remains Prejudiced Privately

...women through notions of purity attempted at curbing their sexuality, marriages have long been an instrument to uphold caste endogamy. Disguised as parampara (tradition), pratishtha (honor), and anushaasan (discipline), the...

By Devrupa Rakshit

I'm Abstaining Tonight

The Rise of the ‘Sober‑Curious Movement,’ Explained

...the broader social and economic factors that contribute to alcohol abuse and addiction — packaging it as an accessible wellness trend anyone with a modicum of discipline should be able...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Shooing My Woes Away

Amid India’s Mental Health Crisis, Godmen Conflate Depression With Lack of Spirituality

...fellow Indians about the unproven efficacy of the discipline, backing it up with unfounded statistics. The internet is replete with thousands of unwarranted bits of advice to “cure” depression —...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Robots, Virtual Intimacy and Sex in Space. Is This the Future of Sex?

...embrace a new discipline, space sexology: the scientific study of extraterrestrial intimacy and sexuality.” Here too, sextech is expected to play a role. Apart from VR and augmented reality, teledildonics...

By Ananya Singh

The Pressures of Performative Passion

In Defense of Quiet Passion

...something as collaborative as a team sport. The self-education in the topic of interest requires a kind of discipline that can’t be taught. It’s only fuelled by passion.” However, moments...

By Ananya Singh

Governor Talkin

Large Number of Humanities Students ‘Undesirable,’ Says TN Governor

...a professional workforce who aren’t trained to critically question, engage with, or learn ideas. It speaks to a deep-seated need for obedience and discipline as the ultimate goal of education....

By Amlan Sarkar

Phone Stress Is a Real Thing and It Might Be Shortening Our Lives

...attention is pulled by their phones unnecessarily, and then build the discipline to resist it. She advises some amount of ‘digital detox’ each day, when the phone is not carried....

By Liesl Goecker

Paternal Heavylifting

The Buzz Cut: Man Who Witnessed Laborious Birth Lauded for Immediately Hitting the Gym

...(someone else) giving birth is arduous, and requires discipline for men, too. The actor thereby set an example for pulling his weight — literally — and reinforcing the importance of...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

English Exclusions

Cognitive Science Has an English Bias, Notes New Research

...Time, Work Discipline and Industrial Capitalism, sociologist E.P Thompson describes the development of clock-time as synonymous with the development of the modern day capitalist work ethic. While this structure of...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

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How Community Education Collectives Are Challenging Existing and Increasing Educational Inequality

...2020, Verma came across Bahujan Economists (BE) on Twitter, a platform for students and professionals from marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds in the discipline. Verma signed up and soon discovered that...

By Amlan Sarkar

Criminal Neglect

In India’s Juvenile System, Children Are Criminalized for Their Circumstances

...of the moral majority set their sights on the juvenile justice system. People wanted harsher punishments, more discipline, and no mercy. Consequently, the law lowered the juvenile age from 18...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

All You Need to Know About Binge Eating Disorder

...than anyone else. Further, a lack of self-discipline was attributed to patients who were obese or had BED. “Stigmatizing attitudes vary across mental health disorders, and future research should aim...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

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