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🎊 We're excited to share some great news!
Two stories by Knowable Magazine contributor Amber Dance have been recognized by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
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Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them. ✍️ Emily Laber-Warren
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-is-wisdom-can-it-be-taught
Metacognition refers to what we know about what we know, think about what we think, believe about what we believe.
đź”— https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/science-of-self-awareness-and-decision-making
🎉 Some great news: Two stories by Knowable Magazine contributor Amber Dance have won first‑place awards at the California Press Women’s 2026 Communications Contest!
Amber was honored for:
🦠Everything you need to know about bird flu (Specialty Articles: Science or Technology)
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/scientific-facts-about-h5n1-bird-flu
🔬 How cancer cells travel to new tissues and take hold (Specialty Articles: Health)
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/how-cancer-cells-metastasize
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Brain, Think on Thyself
What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making. đź“ť Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.
Chemists, historians and other scientists are working to design perfumes that recreate and evoke scents from the past.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past
When love is in the air, what’s happening in the brain? For many years, biologists would answer, “Oxytocin!” This small protein — just nine amino acids long — has sometimes been called “the love hormone” because it has been implicated in pair-bonding, maternal care and other positive, love-like social behaviors. #ValentinesDay
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2022/oxytocins-effects-arent-just-about-love
“We don’t always need to fill up the space with conversation: Silent moments can be powerful ways to connect.”
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2025/psychology-of-silence-between-couples
Inside the brains of aging dogs: In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2022/inside-brains-aging-dogs
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