Research

A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.

Disney does more than make cute movies. Researchers from its innovation branch want to turn your living room into a magnetic field. 

Researchers study the “paradox of happiness” to find out how get into “flow activities” that would make us happiest.

Two recent studies reveal the effects of LSD on the brain.

Canada puts its money where its mouth is and prepares for a ‘no strings attached’ basic income trial that it hopes will break the cycle of poverty. 

When you see a stranger in some kind of hardship, how do you react? Researchers carried out a rare study in a real-life setting to assess the relationship between empathy and altruism. 

The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition seems to indicate that eating regular-fat cheese has no effect on our bad cholesterol (LDL), but does have a positive effect on our good cholesterol (HDL).

NASA will be putting most of the research it funds online for free in policy of open access to science.

Yale researchers create a groundbreaking device that utilizes two key concepts in quantum physics.

A first study of its kind finds that psilocybin-containing “magic” mushrooms can be effective in treating depression.

A new study identifies key dietary factors that lead to healthy microbes in your gut.