Car crash (Reuters)A new study suggests negative thinking can lead to negative situations, and among its dangerous examples are deadly accidents on the road. A study published in the journal PLOS One focused on what negative thinking could drive motorists into. Researchers from Beijing's Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Psychology compared the characteristics between dangerous drivers (who scored high in penalty points on their driving records) and those who drive safely (i.e. those who wear seatbelts and stop on the red light). They found out that the participants in the dangerous group >>>

Could human suicide have evolutionary roots in self-sacrificial behaviors like those seen in species such as honeybees and ants? A Florida State University researcher who is one of the nation’s foremost experts in suicide is trying to find out. Thomas Joiner, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, led a team of researchers in examining scientific knowledge and drawing parallels between suicide in humans and the self-sacrificial behaviors of colony-like — or eusocial — species such as shrimp, mole rats and insects. “The idea that something mysterious and scary like >>>

I'm concerned about Charlie Sheen. Like, genuinely concerned. It's not because he disclosed he is HIV positive. It's not because as of late he looks like a character on The Walking Dead. It's not because he went off his antiretrovirals to take an alternative treatment method (well, I am concerned about that, but not as much). It's because he clearly has a mental health issue and the people in his life who are supposed to protect him are putting him in a precarious position. Especially the people with fancy letters behind their name like M.D., M.B.B.S., and F.A.C.S. Let me make this very clear >>>