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“We’re coming to understand the basic building blocks of personality,” Dr. Fisher said.
Men who consume over 67 grams of sugar are at an increased risk for depression and anxiety.
Kale contains lutein, a nutrient that may protect the brain against the cognitive effects of aging, according to a new University of Illinois study.
Just because a distant body has ice doesn’t mean it’ll ever have liquid water.
A large-scale study of students in Maastricht provides valuable data on student performance.
Seems our ancient ancestors were gettin’ jiggy with lots of other hominin species.
“No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness.” -Aristotle
She went from a child who could only squirm to one who could walk and talk again.
In one of our wildest episodes ever, comedian Jeff Garlin cuts the surprise clip short to call B.S. on neuroscience and complexity.
A lot goes into classifying a drug, not only it’s effects but how it alters the brain.
How do great ideas happen at the workplace? Often when good workers are left alone.
In How Emotions Are Made psychology professor Lisa Fedlman Barrett considers the role of emotions in health.
Perhaps moving the entire planet into a different orbit could help us avoid the boiling of the oceans. It’s unorthodox, but not entirely off-the-wall, says astrophysicist Ethan Siegel.
Scientists have developed a new Vitamin-A enriched banana that could help solve world hunger problems.
The REV can collect and melt 5 tons of plastic a day.
Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old “giants” in Shandong Province.
Researchers develop a working, battery-free cellphone.
The new Carbon Majors Report 2017 puts all the greenhouse-gas puzzle pieces together in one eye-popping report.
Breakfast is often cupcakes and cake with different names, like muffins and yogurt. That does not bode well for our waistlines.
Studies using advanced space telescopes paint a fascinating picture of our early universe.
The largest study of its kind show a direct link between intelligence and mortality. The implications are huge.
Anti-vaxers have some questions about vaccine safety, here we give the answers.
It’s become a convention now that when we reach for carbohydrates it is always better to choose the complex variety found in whole grain products, vegetables, and legumes. The benefits […]
Researchers learn how to selectively erase memories in snails, a first step.
New research shows an abundance of testosterone leads to poor decision making.
What – if anything – makes metaphysics still relevant? And what’s the relationship between science and metaphysics?
Orcas are trailing Alaskan fishermen and taking their halibut and black-cod catches.
The children of very young and very old fathers were most affected.
Achieving liquid light at room temperature will boost research into quantum hydrodynamics.