{"id":188445,"date":"2026-02-18T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/new-bedford-science-cafe-to-explore-awkwardness\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:45:11","slug":"new-bedford-science-cafe-to-explore-awkwardness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/new-bedford-science-cafe-to-explore-awkwardness\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bedford Science Cafe to explore &#8216;awkwardness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/bedford-science-cafe-explore-awkwardness-090052057.html\">New Bedford Science Cafe to explore &#8216;awkwardness&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/bedford-science-cafe-explore-awkwardness-090052057.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/bedford-science-cafe-explore-awkwardness-090052057.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-18 05:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Bedford Science Cafe will hold an event on March 3 focused on exploring the concept of awkwardness.<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Jackson, an award-winning author and science writer, will present &#8220;Cringeworthy: Discovering the Overlooked Promise of Awkwardness.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jackson&#8217;s presentation will discuss how awkwardness, along with uncertainty, can positively impact human well-being and foster mutual understanding and resilience.<\/li>\n<li>The event aims to highlight research that suggests awkward moments can provide opportunities for personal growth and enhanced social connections.<\/li>\n<li>The event is free to attend, and there will be free parking available behind the venue, The Last Round Bar &amp; Grille, located at 908 Purchase St., New Bedford.<\/li>\n<li>Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase Jackson&#8217;s books and, for those unable to attend, recordings of recent Science Cafe events can be accessed on the organization&#8217;s website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Bedford Science Cafe to explore &#8216;awkwardness&#8217; https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/bedford-science-cafe-explore-awkwardness-090052057.html Publish Date: 2026-02-18 05:05:00 Source Domain: www.aol.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/cv\/apiv2\/aolfp\/images\/og-image.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188447,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188445\/revisions\/188447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}