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What Can We Learn From Our Genes About Our Reaction To Stress?
Medical Internship is a unique situation when healthy young people are subjected to chronic, depression-precipitating stress. Studying these interns for 10 years has helped untangle how stress and genes interact when it comes to risk for depression
Can acknowledging uncertainty make scientists more persuasive?
Our study shows that climate scientists expressing some uncertainty in their predictions can bolster their credibility among the public. But it also illustrates that there are limits to this effect.