Baby formula industry was a disaster waiting to happen

CBT? DBT? Psychodynamic? What type of therapy is right for me?

Sourav Sengupta, University at Buffalo

Psychotherapy is not one size fits all. From behavioral to gestalt therapies, which approach will work best for you depends on your needs and goals.

Is intermittent fasting the diet for you? Here’s what the science says

McKale Montgomery, Oklahoma State University

Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.

Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

Daniel Macfarlane, Western Michigan University

Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.

Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere

Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder

La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall overall – is the rapidly warming climate.

Pandemic babies with development delays can be helped to make up for lost social interaction – 5 tips for parents

Abigail A. Allen, Clemson University

The COVID-19 pandemic – and the isolation it brought on – deprived many babies of the stimulating experiences they need to develop. Is the damage permanent? A language specialist weighs in.

Appealing to Trump (and his base) might have worked in Pennsylvania primaries – but it won’t play so well in the midterms

Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

The three leading candidates in the GOP Senate primary race in Pennsylvania all hitched their wagons to Trump. But will that make it harder for the Republican winner to win the center come the fall?

A quest for significance gone horribly wrong – how mass shooters pervert a universal desire to make a difference in the world

Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland

There is a mental and psychological dimension to what leads people to commit mass killings. But it is not mental illness or pathology.

How to know if your practice of Buddhism through listening to podcasts or use of meditation apps is ‘authentic’

Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real.

Fewer donors say they’re willing to give to a charity when it supports immigrants – especially if they’re undocumented

It’s impossible to determine your personal COVID-19 risks and frustrating to try – but you can still take action

US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort