Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn’t invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often describe rejection in the language of physical pain[1].

While rejection can be emotionally painful, it can also teach us something.

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Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.[2]. If people stopped having babies, how long would it be before humans were all gone? – Jeffrey Very few people live beyond a century[3]. So, if no one had babies anymore, there
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The first time Donald Trump was president, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a regulation known as the “science transparency[1]” rule. The administration liked to call it the “secret science” rule[2].

“Transparency” sounds positive, but this rule instead prevented the EPA from using some of the best...

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Two scientists look at a slide in a lab. One is pointing a finger at a result while another holds up the result.

Many people have been there.

The dinner party is going well until someone decides to introduce a controversial topic. In today’s world, that could be anything from vaccines to government budget cuts to immigration policy. Conversation starts to get heated. Finally, someone announces with great authority that a scientific study supports their...

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