Articles by

Sujata Gupta

Online spaces may intensify teens’ uncertainty in social interactions

Deciphering other people’s thoughts and feelings tends to generate considerable uncertainty. In a conversation, for instance, how...

Language models may miss signs of depression in Black people’s Facebook posts

People with depression tend to write and speak about how bad they feel, years of research has...

Not all cultures value happiness over other aspects of well-being

For the seventh year running, the Finns have taken the top spot as the world’s happiest people....

Social media harms teens’ mental health, mounting evidence shows. What now?

In January, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, appeared at a congressional hearing to answer...

Most people say self-control is the same as willpower. Researchers disagree

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek...

Here’s how to give a good gift, according to science

‘Tis the season of giving. ‘Tis also the season of returning. American consumers are projected to spend...

Reindeer herders and scientists collaborate to understand Arctic warming

The spring 2014 annual reindeer festival in Yar-Sale, a rural town on the Yamal Peninsula in Western...

Why the Thanksgiving myth persists, according to science

Ask someone in the United States to name five events important to the country’s foundation and there’s...