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Shaniya Naz

Shaniya Naz writes about people, places, and the shifting rhythms of everyday life. Her work is guided by curiosity and a quiet interest in how experiences shape perspective.

Shaniya Naz
Shaniya NazWriter / Editor

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Psychology Why are human babies so helpless at birth?

Why are human babies so helpless at birth? A foal stands within hours of being born. It is unsteady. It staggers. But it is upright, and it…

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Psychology Can childhood trauma Cause IBS and stomach problems?

Can childhood trauma cause IBS stomach problems in adults? A major new study on the childhood stress gut brain axis says the answer is yes, and the…

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Psychology Did wolves change yellowstone rivers? the beautiful story that wasn’t quite true

Did wolves change Yellowstone rivers? You have probably seen the video. Forty million views. Narrated by the British environmental writer George Monbiot. Wolves return to Yellowstone in…

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Psychology Five pieces of good news March 2026 that nobody put in the feed

There is good news March 2026, quite a lot of it, and none of it made the main feed. Not because it was small. Because the feed…

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Psychology Brain rot: the science behind the word oxford made official

Brain rot was a joke until the neuroscience caught up with it. Oxford University Press named it Word of the Year for 2024, defining it as the…

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Psychology Therapy generation anxiety: the paradox nobody wants to admit

Therapy generation anxiety is the paradox nobody in the mental health industry wants to talk about. Generation Z is the most therapised generation in history. More young…

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Psychology How the body ages: 7 million cells just gave us the clearest answer yet

How the body ages is one of the oldest questions in medicine. Yesterday, for the first time, we got something close to an answer. A study published…

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Psychology Five good things that happened in march 2026 that nobody told you about

There is good news March 2026. There is actually a lot of it. The problem is where you have been looking. It is not a rhythm designed…

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Psychology What we inherit from our parents (it is more than you think)

What we inherit from our parents is not just their eyes or their temper. It is their unfinished business. The anxiety that arrives before anything has gone…

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Psychology Dire Wolf: the resurrection that is not quite what it seems

Dire wolf is no longer extinct. That sentence is both true and, depending on who you ask, deeply misleading. On April 7, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced that…

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Psychology Pi number: the most fascinating number in the universe

Pi number is the most famous number in existence. It is also the strangest, the most obsessed over, and arguably the most important. You probably know it…

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Psychology Are night owls more sadistic? a new study says yes and the reason is fascinating

Are night owls more sadistic? It sounds like the kind of question designed to generate outrage clicks. It is also, as of December 2025, a question with…

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Psychology Meaning of home: when home stops being a place

Meaning of home changes. Nobody warns you when it happens, or that it will happen more than once. The first time it happens quietly. You go back…

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Psychology Why costa rica has no army and what 77 years without one actually looks like

The question of why Costa Rica has no army is worth asking this week more than most. The world is currently spending $2.4 trillion a year on…

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Psychology Rainbow sea slug: the most beautiful warning sign in british waters

Rainbow sea slug is one of the most visually extraordinary creatures living in British waters, and almost nobody knows it exists. It is 3 centimetres long. Its…

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Psychology Hustle culture is dead. what killed it?

Hustle culture is dead. had a good run. For roughly a decade, the grind was the gospel. Wake up at 5am. Optimise every hour. Sleep when you…

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Psychology Why humans need to explore: the psychology behind every big ambition

The psychology of exploration is not a niche academic subject. It is the study of a drive so fundamental to the human brain that neuroscientists can trace…

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Psychology Polycrisis: what happens to the human mind when everything goes wrong at once

Polycrisis is not a new word. It is a new reality. It describes what is happening right now, this week, today. Multiple large-scale crises arriving simultaneously, each…

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