The pandemic tested the strength of many relationships. Alvin Chang, for the Pudding,…
Alvin Chang
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Weakened relationships through the pandemic
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Mapping what makes us happy
In 2017, researchers asked study participants via MTurk to list three happy moments…
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Threats to democracy in the Congressional Record
As you might imagine, the word “democracy” has been mentioned in Congressional speeches…
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Feelings when strangers talk for 30 minutes
For the Pudding, Alvin Chang uses the CANDOR corpus to explore our feelings…
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Less sense of belonging, in middle school
Alvin Chang, for the Pudding, highlights education research on the awkwardness of middle…
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Sitting vs. standing jobs
Some jobs require a lot of standing, crouching, and climbing, whereas other jobs…
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Shifts in post-apocalyptic worlds in science fiction films
Using science fiction films as a proxy for what we see in our…
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Teenage adversity that carries into adulthood
The National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are unique in…
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Loneliness, life satisfaction, and time
For The Pudding, Alvin Chang examines loneliness through the lens of individual responses…
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A visual story about kimchi and family
Alvin Chang, for The Pudding, illustrated the search for his kimchi, which is…
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Inevitably super rich
Sometimes it feels like a foregone conclusion that most of the money ends…
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Measuring centuries-old droughts through tree rings
To measure drought in the present day, we use data from sensors that…












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