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Do you have to be an optimist to work toward a better world?

For professionals in fields such as suicide prevention and climate science, the future can seem bleak. But sometimes action is the most effective form of optimism.
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Climate change despair has a 'life-affirming' remedy

Wynn Bruce’s death can teach us that climate anxiety and despair can be channeled into constructive action.
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Climate change enters the therapy room

Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone.
Surviving weed-out classes in science may be a state of mind
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Surviving weed-out classes in science may be a state of mind

Social ties to classmates and how students feel could be more important than innate ability when it comes to enduring early STEM courses.
Why do people stay when a hurricane comes?
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Why do people stay when a hurricane comes?

The messy truth lies in between two common, incorrect tropes.
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