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For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Kendra Pier Lewis in for Rachel Feldman.

Hello and Happy New Year!

I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling that changes possible.

That feeling, in part, leads some of us to set New Year's resolutions, an estimated

40% of U.S. adults set resolutions any given year. We promise ourselves that we'll save money,

exercise regularly, or spend more time with friends and family. And yet, for many of us,

as that feeling of newness fades, so too do our resolutions. Some research suggests that as many as 88% of Americans

give up on their resolutions within two weeks. But it doesn't have to be that way, according

to Katie Milkman, a behavioral economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

She's the author of How to Change, the Science of Getting from where you are to where you want

to be. Katie says there are science-supported

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