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Neurontic covers breakthroughs in neuroscience and psychology and is designed to give laypeople a window into the inner workings of the human mind. Orli Van Mourik is a freelance journalist in New York City. Her work has appeared in Psychology Today Magazine .

Armchair Sociology:

Ask a Science Blogger: Are we happier in the summer?

My gut response after reading this question was: Well, duh--obviously, summer is more conducive to happiness. I mean, you can make a good case for the virtues of spring and fall, but they're really less seasons than they are opening...

Posted on August 10, 2007 1:10 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Domestic Goddesses

Having been raised in California - birthplace of est, vegan bacon, and aerobics - I grew up thinking of life less as an "adventure" than as a relentless self-improvement campaign. Oh, don't get me wrong, I got more than...

Posted on July 8, 2007 5:41 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Battling God

A few months ago, I wrote about my "issues" with the Dawkins/Dennett anti-religion campaign, which concluded: Dawkins and Dennett simply cannot understand the impulse to cling to an antiquated belief system not grounded in fact. (They seem incapable of recognizing...

Posted on May 12, 2007 12:50 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Hair.On.Fire.

Want to know what the life of a recently graduated journalism MA with staggeringly high student loans looks like? Not so much? Well, I don't blame you. It's not exactly the stuff memoirs are made of, but it is keeping...

Posted on March 24, 2007 11:01 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Syndrome X

My last semester at NYU, I had the opportunity to take a class with Steven Johnson. Just to set the record straight for those of you who've only encountered his name on Gawker, Johnson was a fabulous teacher and looks...

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Posted on February 12, 2007 1:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks