Radical Honesty, as an idea, taps into the modern longing for authenticity.

It offers a seductive promise: that if we just tell the unvarnished truth, our relationships will be stronger, our inner conflicts will dissolve, and our lives will be free from the psychic burden of deception.

But Radical Honesty is not just a communication strategy; it is a worldview—one that assumes truth can be spoken without distortion, that vulnerability is always constructive, and that the self is best understood through unfiltered externalization.

In this critique, we will go beyond social niceties and relational harm—let’s probe the nature of truth, selfhood, morality, and human connection.

Can your brain tell if your partner is being honest? It turns out, love isn’t just about candlelit dinners and sweet words—it’s also about synchronized brain waves.

A fascinating new neuroimaging study out of China found that romantic couples exhibit higher brain synchronization when interacting compared to strangers, and this enhanced neural connection correlates with greater honesty.

The study, published in Brain Sciences, suggests that love may literally shape our brains to be more in sync—building trust and reducing deception.

This research aligns with what many of us instinctively feel: when we truly connect with someone, honesty comes more naturally. But how exactly does this work on a neurological level? And could brain science help explain why trust is so essential in long-term relationships?

Let’s dive into the science of brain synchronization, deception, and what it means for the way we love.

Workplaces are not just sites of productivity; they are social environments where past experiences, particularly childhood trauma, can shape interpersonal dynamics.

A recent study by Liu, Xu, and Yao (2024) published in Personality and Individual Differences explores how childhood emotional abuse influences workplace interactions, particularly among employees driven by a strong desire for power.

Their findings suggest that unresolved emotional wounds from childhood may spill over into professional relationships, contributing to workplace conflict and social exclusion.

Somewhere in China, a college student is doing push-ups instead of doomscrolling. This is progress.

According to a new study published in Addictive Behaviors, exercise—yes, good old-fashioned moving your body until it hurts—actually reduces Internet addiction among Chinese college students.

Not only does it pry their eyeballs away from their screens, but it also alleviates anxiety, loneliness, stress, feelings of inadequacy, fatigue, and depression.

In other words, exercise may be the only thing standing between them and total existential collapse.

Ever wondered why some people seem to radiate joy while others walk around looking like they’ve just bitten into a lemon?

Science may have cracked the code, and it turns out, it all comes down to one simple trait: niceness.

Yes, that old-fashioned virtue your grandma swore by is more than just good manners—it’s a distinct psychological trait, and according to research, it’s strongly linked to happiness.

So if you’re looking for an easy mood booster (that doesn’t require expensive supplements or hours of meditation), start by being a little nicer.

When a marriage ends, the world is accustomed to thinking in terms of divorce—a clean (or not-so-clean) legal severance of two partners who, for whatever reason, can no longer function as a couple.

But what if, instead of merely ending, a marriage was declared to have never truly existed?

That is the power of the annulment—a rare and, in some traditions, almost mystical declaration that dissolves a marriage not because it failed, but because it was never valid in the first place.

The history of marriage annulment reveals an evolving understanding of love, legitimacy, and personal autonomy.

Unlike divorce, which assumes a union was real and then ended, annulment challenges the very existence of the marriage, often invoking legal, religious, or social justifications.

Over the centuries, the criteria for annulment have reflected changing cultural attitudes toward marriage itself—who should enter it, why they should stay, and under what conditions they might be released.

What if the key to a more ethical world was already nestled inside our brains? A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry suggests that oxytocin—often called the "love hormone"—may play a significant role in our moral compass.

Researchers found that administering oxytocin via a nasal spray increased feelings of guilt and shame, making folks less willing to harm others, even when such harm could lead to greater benefits.

This stands in stark contrast to vasopressin, another neuropeptide involved in social behavior, which showed no such effects.

These findings suggest that oxytocin could influence not just our social interactions but our fundamental moral decisions, potentially offering new pathways for understanding psychiatric conditions that involve deficits in moral reasoning.

A new study published in Brain Sciences finds that women with heightened interoceptive awareness—the ability to tune into their internal bodily sensations—report more frequent and satisfying orgasms.

Yes, ladies, mindfulness isn't just for yoga; it turns out your ability to sense your own heartbeat or notice a stomach grumble might also be the secret sauce to better orgasms.

Let’s break it down: the study found that different aspects of interoception influence both how often women climax and how good those orgasms feel—whether solo or with a partner.

Women who were better at noticing their bodily sensations tended to orgasm more frequently, while those who could regulate their attention to internal signals found their solo sessions especially satisfying.

Ever wonder why some couples stay connected after having kids while others struggle to maintain intimacy?

Parenthood brings a whirlwind of changes—sleep deprivation, endless responsibilities, and an ever-growing to-do list. While the love for your children deepens, the time and energy for romance often shrink.

A recent study published in The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality explores how parenting stress interacts with attachment styles to shape sexual satisfaction in couples—and the findings might surprise you.

Nowadays, because mental health services struggle to keep pace with demand, digital mental health interventions have emerged as a hopeful solution.

However, a new review published in JMIR Mental Health takes a deep dive into the effectiveness of these interventions, particularly for individuals on psychotherapy waiting lists.

The findings, however, raise critical questions: Are these tools genuinely transformative, or are they merely placeholders in a system straining under the weight of demand?

For centuries, philosophers and psychologists have pondered the nature of morality. Are we born with an intrinsic sense of right and wrong, or do we learn it through experience?

A groundbreaking study in 2007 by Kiley Hamlin and her colleagues seemed to tilt the scales toward the idea that even infants possess a moral compass.

However, a massive new replication effort by the ManyBabies consortium has cast doubt on this cherished notion. Could it be that babies are, after all, moral blank slates?

In the ever-evolving quest to understand human attraction, a new study published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has confirmed what many have long suspected: when people look at a female butt, their eyes are magnetically drawn to one place first—the intergluteal cleft, better known as the infamous butt crack.

Because this research is so vital for understanding the course of human destiny, researchers, (using eye-tracking technology), analyzed the subconscious visual habits of men and women when presented with images of female buttocks.

The findings? No matter the gender, people just can’t help but take a peek at the crack.

However, men and women have slightly different preferences when it comes to other rear-end details.