Science
Jade eggs, energy massages, aphrodisiacs, pheromones... Sexuality is not free of pseudoscience
There is no scientific evidence to show the alleged beneficial effects of this type of practice that may sometimes even pose a health risk
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Relaciones sociales
World
Very friends, but only at work: "Out of the office those people didn't interest me especially"
Friendship, a classic study in social psychology, is contributing to the decline in professional contexts. If first strong ties were established with the partners, now not everyone wants to continue their day in the 'afterwork': "That's dead, no longer exists," the experts say.
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Why do some disappointments hurt more? "We keep waiting for reality to give us a different answer"
It does not always hurt what happens, but the distance between expectations and what finally happens. Looking for a learning that can become an action, setting limits and priorities, and self-knowledge are key to distrust
Politics
Singapore Government launches its own dating application to match its officials
The search service, in the pilot phase, is based on the so-called "stable marriage" algorithm, whose creators won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2012.
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"Who is more likely than...?": the heavy burden of taking a concrete role in the group of friends
There are roles that are often repeated in gangs: there is the planner, the funny, the naive... But that imposed label does not always match self-perception and, if it does not evolve at the same time as the person, may cause discomfort or even loss of connection with that circle
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Learn to receive a 'no' to improve self-esteem: "It is a matter of finding a loving and wise figure within us"
People cannot control that they reject us, but the realistic history we must tell ourselves about it. How to interpret a negative can make the difference between pain and questioning our value
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When a childhood friend wakes up the versions of our personality we thought we forgot
Friends, family members or partners from past stages can reactivate jokes, jargon or roles that seemed already beyond our current identity. "We feel safer understanding that the other speaks the same language," explains psychologist Ainhoa López Barbeito