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From dopamine hacking to dopamine detoxes, some people have sought to harness this brain chemical to improve their mood and productivity. But it’s far more complicated than that.
Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.
A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ – and how that communication might break down.
Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people.
Months after a military officer made sensational claims about unexplained objects in the skies, NASA released a report loosely outlining a scientific approach for analyzing UAP reports.
A work stoppage hitting the three largest American automakers at the same time is unprecedented.
Despite decades of starts and stops, new treatments and key genetic discoveries are giving researchers great hope for slowing or eventually preventing Alzheimer’s disease.
The hostage swap between the U.S. and Iran may be an important step in a new nuclear deal between the West and Iran.
When politicians talk more about their personal lives and less about politics, it makes people from the opposing side of the political line see them as people and like them more.
Genetic testing can help take the guesswork out of finding the right treatment. For certain diseases. To an extent.
A psychiatrist explains the many ways anxiety can hinder, color or compel creativity.
Incluso los “paraísos climáticos” se enfrentan a un futuro más arriesgado, y las infraestructuras a menudo no se construyen para hacer frente al cambio climático.
Aunque emociones como el miedo y la ansiedad se originan en el cerebro, al final recorren el cuerpo y hacen que el corazón se acelere y el estómago se retuerza.
Politics, age and gender combine to shape the understanding of presidents’ families – and the presidents themselves.
When water warms, it holds less oxygen, and this can harm aquatic life and degrade water quality. A new study finds that climate change is driving oxygen loss in hundreds of US and European rivers.
Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But why is there so little public acknowledgment of environmental disasters?
You can’t bring your AC to space, unfortunately, but innovative flow boiling and condensation research might lead to lighter, more efficient heating and cooling on spacecraft.
The bourbon industry has been booming in recent years, but what sets all the different types of bourbon apart?
With Apple’s capitulation on the latest iPhone models, USB-C is poised to become the standard connector for all devices.
The changes wrought by the new conservative majority in the US Supreme Court are revolutionary.
Community is vital in Jewish ritual and tradition, and the High Holidays are no exception, a Judaic studies scholar writes.
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
People can trust each other because they understand how the human mind works, can predict people’s behavior, and assume that most people have a moral sense. None of these things are true of AI.
There’s nothing normal about the blast furnace heat much of the world has been experiencing, as an atmospheric scientist explains.