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3.2: The percentage of 1,653 high school graduates this spring who say they are planning to study being a sports psychologist.

Science: So this is why we stare, how we feel when stared at, what it all means.

Sport: My 22 year bout of the yips is quite common - 64% of golfers say they have had this choking feeling putting a golf ball at some point in their life. The cause is usually attributed to a combination age and experience. But my case has apparently stumped the medical community. Study results and story here.

Policy: An Mpathic study assessing AI chatbots ability to detect subtle mental health cues and respond effectively found Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 to have the highest score across safety and helpfulness. The models handled explicit suicide risk better than discussions around conditions like eating disorders, where the study found that all the models missed more nuanced risk signals. 

Perspective: I was waterboarded Thursday which sounds much more fun than it really was - essay here.

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