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Right now is a bad time to spend money
The Wall Street Journal

Right now is a bad time to spend money

Katy Milkman of the Wharton School says that people are better off deciding to immediately improve their financial situations than waiting to start until New Year’s.

The surprising thing that helps you cope with change
CNN

The surprising thing that helps you cope with change

Joseph Kable of the School of Arts & Sciences says that uncertainty shakes the brain out of its complacency and makes it more attuned to new information.

Campus vending machines now stocked with life-saving products
Inside Higher Ed

Campus vending machines now stocked with life-saving products

Rebecca E. Stewart of the Perelman School of Medicine says that harm-reduction vending machines have only begun cropping up recently in the U.S. but are commonplace in many other countries, often distributing products that are significantly more controversial than Narcan.

How humans use their sense of smell to find their way
Clara Raithel looks at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant.

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How humans use their sense of smell to find their way

In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.

Michele W. Berger

Why brainstorming doesn’t work
Time

Why brainstorming doesn’t work

In an Op-Ed, Adam Grant of the Wharton School explains why “brainwriting” is better than brainstorming for unearthing the hidden potential in teams.

New weight-loss blockbuster drug emerges from study showing Mounjaro helps people lose 25% of their body weight or 60 pounds on average
Associated Press

New weight-loss blockbuster drug emerges from study showing Mounjaro helps people lose 25% of their body weight or 60 pounds on average

A study by Thomas Wadden of the Perelman School of Medicine found that diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average, when combined with intensive diet and exercise.