Why loneliness may be the biggest threat to survival and longevity

A study from 2002 found that bilingual infants babble differently depending on language they associate with the person they're babbling at

A new study finds volcanic activity played a direct role in triggering extreme climate change at the end of the Triassic period 201 million year ago, wiping out almost half of all existing species

In the right context, some people may experience psychedelic-like effects from placebos alone

Physical exercise improves video game performance, according to new research

Study suggests that taking anti-inflammatories during the night, during the resting phases of the circadian rhythm, can severely deter healing and bone repair following surgery

Scientists increasingly believe that one of the driving forces in chronic pain--the number one health problem in both prevalence and burden--appears to be the memory of earlier pain

When given in a formulation that facilitates passage to the brain, lithium in doses up to 400 times lower than what is currently being prescribed for mood disorders is capable of both halting signs of advanced Alzheimer's pathology and of recovering lost cognitive abilities.

The Machine Learning Reproducibility Checklist

Research has found we are living in the fastest period of urban growth in human history