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The way we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) shows how incredibly lonely we are. Despite being able to access all of global knowledge, despite having all these digital servants, despite having everything curated to our personal tastes through finely tuned algorithms-we are ...

Sometime in 2024, Alice Guo, the mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. She faced investigations over her alleged involvement in illegal gambling and other criminal activities, with further questions arising on her identity and the possibility ...

When it comes to seeking professional help for mental and emotional well-being, things can get confusing, especially when it comes to technical terms. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors are different professions, but are job titles that usually get intechanged. While all three ...

Big-brain time: it was Mark Twain who once said that "clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society." It's the kind of quote we use to justify (or use as a caption on Instagram) when ...

You might have heard about how the less informed think they have superior intelligence. Turns out, it works the other way around. In a similar study, it was found that people who don't flaunt their intellectual prowess tend to possess more ...

Seeing all the social media posts during the holidays, you'd think people overdosed on Christmas cheer and just can't help projecting it out into the world. But we all know Facebook isn't real life, or, at least, doesn't ...

Many people are familiar with the words psychopath and sociopath and are often cavalier about using them in everyday conversation. Because we mostly hear them said in movies and TV shows, we have some idea about what they mean, but in reality, ...

People whose main barometer of success is how much money they have in the bank often end up feeling lonelier or more isolated than others, a new study finds. Previous research have suggested links between those who base their self-worth on ...

Confirmation bias is the tendency to look for information that supports what you already firmly believe to be true. I used to know someone who was a big fan of a female politician. He always filled his Facebook feed with news of ...

Have you ever greeted someone a merry Christmas and received a "Thank you!" in return instead of another "Merry Christmas" too? Well, that person could be a narcissist, and he could be refusing to greet you back and is just really being ...

Did you know that it takes an average tenth of a second for human beings to form an impression about someone else's character? With the knowledge of just how important first impressions are, researchers from the University of Toronto conducted a ...

The media's fixation with millennials and their baffling behavior-from their fondness for avocado toast to their delicate, 'snowflake-like' demeanor over social issues-has left out significant conversation about the next group of members of society, Generation Z or Gen ...