A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The ...

Many eldest daughters quietly run their families. This article explores daughtering as invisible labor, and how stepping back ...

Research shows that a mother’s death immediately impacts one’s identity. It uproots you, turns your beliefs inside out, and ...

Finding new friends as an adult can be hard. Can a heartfelt hug spark social interest? A new study investigated.

Contrary to common belief, the anorexic life is highly food-centric, as observed in other food-deprived animals but with more ...

A pair of studies published in 'Nature' and 'Science' both point to the perils of chatbots. Readers are advised to use new ...

Why does some humor relate to basic physical maintenance—breathing, drinking, and eating? As long as they're relatively minor ...

Does cannabis help with anxiety? New research finds that cannabis has fewer health benefits than often suggested, and it ...

An alien virus creates a hive mind. But the story is how the survivors fail to unite—revealing human cooperation's fragile ...

A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

Being nice doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re a good person, but it seems that it should help. New findings on personality ...