Parks and nature preserves: they're not just for taking a jog or walking your dog. Visiting green spaces yields real benefits for the...

Regular, sustained physical activity has countless mental benefits. Just to name a few, working out improves blood flow, boosts your BDNF...

Image credit: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Put down that plate of calamari! For the first time, Dr Wen-Sung...

They are quite possibly the first animal we ever domesticated, at least 15,000 years ago. Before the Pyramids of Giza, before Stonehenge,...

Blue light, or light that exists at wavelengths between 380 and 500 nanometers, has a complicated reputation. The sun gives off blue...

It’s a sobering problem: in 2017, the US alone saw over 47,000 preventable suicide deaths. That same year, suicide was the cause of death...

If you’ve ever watched a toddler bob up and down to their favorite song, the origins of dance might seem clear: moving to a rhythm...

Have you ever found yourself walking down a busy city sidewalk, so overwhelmed and overstimulated by all the signs, sounds, and cars that...

Minnesota-based singer-songwriter, rapper, and essayist Dessa is famous—to the extent she is famous—for her gorgeous, aching breakup...

(Picture credit: Carnegie Mellon University) Science has well established that a person’s ability to perform a task is affected by what...

When you were in high school or college, what did your parents think of the music you loved? While there are exceptions, statistically...

It’s estimated that some 40 million American adults have an anxiety disorder, and the condition is also rising among children and teens,...

Fire: these days, starting one is as easy as flicking the switch on a gas stove. But if you’ve ever been on a camping trip, you know...

Do you have an addictive personality? No. No, you don’t. How can we be so certain? Well, as it turns out that technically speaking,...

Got an important decision to make? If you’re feeling hungry, new research suggests you should probably have a snack or a meal before you...

How good are you at reflective thinking? If you’re a narcissist, your answer is probably something on the order of “stupendous, just...

Guns and mental illness: it’s a topic that frequently surfaces, in the wake of each mass shooting in the U.S. The problem, say some...

Where does extremist violence come from? In the wake of yet another American shooting by a white nationalist, this question is more...

Warning: it can cause symptoms similar to brain trauma, including increased impulsivity, decreased awareness of risk, and, perhaps most...

Although “yellow journalism” is probably as old as journalism itself (the term itself dates back to the Pulitzer vs Hearst circulation...