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Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan’s 2010 WEIRDest people in the world article was a watershed. Two years earlier, Arnett (2008) defined the extent to which psychological science relies on narrow and atypical human samples: Western college students. Henrich and colleagues decisively demonstrated the costs of this bias, showing samples from Western contexts to be outliers on a wide variety of psychological phenomena. (See also Shinobu Kitayama’s work on the co-constitution of culture and the mind). At that time, psychologists working outside the West faced an uphill battle to get studies published, including skeptical demands to justify the relevance of such work.…

ABUJA, Nigeria — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as the pope called for the immediate release of those still missing. The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and 18, escaped individually between Friday and Saturday, according to the Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger state and the proprietor of the school. A total of 253 schoolchildren and 12 teachers are still being held by the kidnappers, Yohanna said in a statement. “We were able…

Jameis Winston, who threw a touchdown pass on a trick play in the first quarter in Detroit on Sunday, caught a TD pass in the fourth quarter on another trick play. Up on the Lions by three points early in the fourth, Winston flipped the ball to receiver Gunner Olszewski and Winston slipped out on a pass route. Jameis Winston scored a touchdown against the Lions on a trick play. Getty Images Olszewski moved up in the pocket and waited for Winston to get open and threw a perfect pass to the quarterback, who then broke a tackle from linebacker…

Travis Kelce’s touchdown celebration was short-lived Sunday. With the Chiefs looking to strike back early against the Colts, the veteran tight end rushed for a 4-yard touchdown late in the first quarter, only for the score to be called back on a 15-yard facemask penalty. Offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor was at the center of the controversial call, with replay showing his arm appearing to brush against the helmet of Colts defensive end Kwity Paye. Travis Kelce in action for the Chiefs on Nov. 23, 2025. AP Kansas City would go on to settle for a Harrison Butker field goal to…

Claire Danes’ acting chops have been on full display since her star teenage turn in My So-Called Life. Now that she is 46 and starring in a new Netflix show, The Beast in Me—no spoilers; don’t worry, I have two episodes to go myself—her ability to showcase subtle, complex, and rapidly shifting emotions remains impressive. Why is this surprising or noteworthy, you may ask? She is an actor, after all. When so many female actors her age and younger have turned to fillers and surgery to maintain a youthful look, and when make-up companies literally market skin care to 4-year-olds…

Some might call it cheap, others call it savvy. One mom has gone viral for revealing that she doesn’t want to go “into debt” when buying Christmas gifts for her four kids this year. You can’t blame her in today’s wild economy. Jade explained in her TikTok video that her family “really wants to go on a nice vacation next year,” and with how expensive everything is, “you almost can’t have both” — an assortment of expensive gifts and a fun vacation on the horizon, that is. The savvy mom’s plan? “Thriftmas.” In her video, which has now garnered 2…

Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff in an airstrike outside of Lebanon’s capital, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that more attacks would come as necessary. The airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the first in months, took out Haytham Ali Tabatabi, the Hezbollah chief who was allegedly building up the terror group’s forces in a clear violation of last year’s cease-fire deal, according to the Israel Defense Forces. “A short while ago, the IDF struck, in the heart of Beirut, the Hezbollah chief of staff who led the organization’s military buildup and armament efforts,” Netanyahu’s office…

Kathie Lee Gifford is opening up about one of the most enduring friendships of her life. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 72-year-old TV personality discussed her upcoming thriller, “Nero and Paul,” her thoughts on filming a reality show and her long-lasting friendship with reality TV star Kris Jenner. “She has been my friend for 50 years,” Gifford said of Jenner. “I was 22, and she was 20 when we met. Nobody knew who I was, nobody knew who Kris was, and we just fell crazy in love with each other. I’ve had so much fun.” She explained…

“I’ll abandon work-life balance.” That was Japan’s new far-right Prime Minister’s victory speech vow. Sanae Takaichi was talking about how she’d lead her own party. Not reform the nation’s notoriously long work weeks. But the comments still let loose a pretty big backlash. Sounds like overkill, right? Well, when you look at what followed in her first few weeks in office, probably not. Japan’s new far-right Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi claims she will “abandon work-life balance.” AP Weeks later, Takaichi summoned her team for a meeting. With a casual 3 a.m. calltime. She also urged her labor minister to relax the…

Childish Gambino fans had no idea how close they came to losing the musician last year. Back in 2024, Donald Glover — the Community star who also created and headlined FX’s acclaimed series Atlanta — abruptly shut down the U.S., U.K., and European legs of The New World Tour, citing only an unspecified surgery and a need for time away. In a since-deleted message on X (captured by Variety), he told fans, “After my show in New Orleans, I went to the hospital in Houston to make sure of an ailment that had become apparent. After being assessed, it became…