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Researchers advanced the fields of social science by working together and peer reviewing the evidence. Couldn’t the same benefits be attained by treating religion in the same manner?
The emotional support of a simple text may be enough to ease the pain of someone you hold dear.
After 24 hours without sleep, the brain begins to overestimate threat.
Her decision to have a double mastectomy helped empower women — to let them know they aren’t entirely powerless against cancer.
What distinguishes real OCD from how it’s depicted in pop culture — a characteristic of someone’s perfectionist tendencies — is that sufferers respond to stimuli in the same way everyone else does.
A terrific story about the physical threat of a major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest fails to explain why people don’t seem alarmed. That lack of alarm puts the public at risk as much as the shaking Earth itself, and should be part of the story.
Rather than showing people there’s nothing to be afraid of, researchers tried exposing patients to their trigger and introducing a neutral outcome.
Ironically, the more women have tried to free themselves from masculine norms of sexuality, the more they have adopted male sexual tendencies under the guise of sexual liberty.
The odds against those with obesity aren’t good — not just in terms of health, but also in losing that weight gained.
Just a mere push notification is enough to divide your attention and decrease productivity.
Infants whose mothers used drugs during pregnancy are often born already addicted to those substances. After birth, an analysis of the detached umbilical cord can determine what severe physiological withdrawal symptoms can be expected.
Not everyone has the opportunity to ride a bike to work or school, but those who do would improve their health and save quite a bit of money.
Most reporting about risk hypes the danger but doesn’t provide all the information the reader needs to put the actual threat in perspective. So when balanced risk reporting shows up, it should be praised.
A tour de force article by The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz details a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that could leave a region home to millions of people in absolute ruins.
Blitab is similar to an e-book, but uses liquid-based technology to create small, physical bubbles that rise and fall on the surface on demand to display the necessary text or graphics.
Evolution can be seen as a process of discovering logic that works well in a particular environment. But evolution can’t see what our foresight can grasp. In some cases the logic inherent in relationships of need (e.g. within groups) can be decisive.
Researchers observe neurofeedback speeds, the likes of which a lab has never seen.
Researchers show how the pace of aging varies from person to person, and how chronological age is irrelevant when treating diseases—it’s biological age we should be concentrating on.
If you want a vivid barometer for the health status of worldwide marine ecosystems, look no further than the global seabird population. Unfortunately, new research estimates that the global seabird population has dropped 70 percent since the 1950s. That’s not good.
Researchers attempt to find out what triggers loneliness in the brain.
Researchers report recent outbreaks of preventable diseases have helped prove the benefits of vaccines and sway skeptical parents.
Researchers have found young women are less likely to use contraception.
Study underlines the importance of relying on the right foods to get our sustenance — not pills.
Find out where the high points of your day are and save the busy work for when you hit your midday slump.
Emotional training may not stop repeat offenders, but it may help reduce the severity of their aggression.
Public apprehension about the health effects of mercury FAR exceeds the actual danger. Why, and what are the health impacts of that fear!?
Every year in Japan, a giant penis festival is held, while in America, Chrissy Teigen’s nipple is banned. When will we get over our sexual Puritanism?
The save more, buy more philosophy is an illusion. Americans tend to waste more when they buy more.
There are a lot of different diet plans out there: paleo, Weight Watchers, Atkins. But if you want the best results, go vegan.
Watch as three people attempt to stay awake for 36 hours.