Scotty Hendricks

Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.

An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.

While most of these deaths are driven by external factors, interventions can still help prevent them.

Other cultures can differ greatly from your own, but there are commonalties in the way we express emotions.

Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.

Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?

Carbon dating allows us to know exactly when ice was melted for drinking water in pre-Columbian America.

The vaccine just passed its first clinical trials, but it has a long way to go.

A new “evidence-based nature prescription program” will see patients spending time in the woods.

A new study finds that some people just want privacy.

MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.

Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.

A study of the Mosuo women, known for their matriarchy, suggests that gender roles can influence our health outcomes.

One of the world’s most isolated island groups has just been made one of the world’s largest ocean reserves.

All the fun of opening up a mummy, without the fear of unleashing a plague.

The new tool may someday be used in work that needs a light touch.

Getting plenty of sleep just became even more important.

The positive steps we are taking to prevent disease might have a negative side effect.

Social media seems to stress some people out. Maybe its time for a break?

What is more important, that a treatment helps keep people healthy or that it meshes with our morals?

Everyone loves a laugh now and then, except for most of the philosophers you’ve heard of.

Work that can break down the body can also break down the mind.

States set their own voting laws, so where does this make voting easiest?

Partisanship can now be seen in brain scans.

Tea and coffee have known health benefits, but now we know they can work together.

Logic puzzles can teach reasoning in a fun way that doesn’t feel like work.

Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.

Can we end world hunger by 2030? Thanks to a new program, the data for it is all there.

Mosquitoes can taste your blood using unique sensory abilities. Can we use that to keep them off us?

Want some crazy space phenomena? You don’t have to leave the neighborhood for it.