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Researchers have developed a green solution to help clean up oil spills.
For women, disgust dampens sexual arousal more than any other emotion, even more than fear.
Researchers believe 10 minutes with this online game is enough to enact behavioral change in eating habits.
A scarcity of crucial resources like water and air, and the high stakes of even temporarily running out, suggest that any Martian government would function as a military dictatorship.
Cherry juice might be the post-marathon remedy to help reduce chances of inflammation days after the big race.
Bike shares shown to increase property values up to 2.7 percent.
Researchers find a technique to help encourage self-critical people to accept their successes and build confidence.
Researchers find the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may manifest substantially earlier than previously thought.
It would be like exposing them to smallpox.
The National Center for PTSD estimates that between 13 to 35 percent of teens are using cutting, scratching, and pinching skin as a way to cope with the emotional stress of their daily lives.
Consider the following tale of fashion gone wrong.
Us humans are bad at comparing risk. Don’t be hoodwinked by scare stories.
No horror movie scenarios ensued.
Pope Francis’s moving plea to save life on Earth from a dystopian future calls on people to sacrifice some material comfort, live more modestly, and recognize that we share a common home and have a responsibility to the future. Given the nature of the human instinct to survive and prioritize ourselves over others and the immediate over the future … good luck with that, your Holiness.
Help enact behavioral change by adding a step on the scale to your daily routine and charting your progress.
Thankfully, parents have the power to help nurture and strengthen this part of the brain.
Turns out groups help us define our individual identities, which boosts our sense of self.
It just depends on the level of environmental activism going on in your state.
Surrounding schools with green spaces may help boost cognition in kids.
Ten years ago, a researcher claimed most published research findings are false; now a decade later, his claim is stronger than ever before. How can this be?
And what does your choice say about your personality?
Questions like, “What will happen when it all goes wrong?” are at the top of the list.
Bring on the sugar, we say. Is there any way that can change?
The hope that humans can use wisdom and technology to prevent a bleak future for life on Earth is overly optimistic. It falsely presumes that we can use wisdom to overcome instincts.
How can we get kids to drink more water?
The EPA is hoping its new map will help inform a new wave of environmental justice.
You are the architect of your brain, the data suggests.
Researchers use Minecraft as a testing ground for a new algorithm that will help robots make better decisions.
A study shows that age may play a significant factor in autism risks for children born to older and younger parents.