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How do elite performers automate their habits?
Practice doesn’t actually make perfect. Here’s the willpower equation necessary for elite athletes and musicians.
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Hit peak performance with the power of habit
There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.
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What to do if your inner voice is cruel
Half our day is spent not living in the moment. Here’s how to change that.
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SIDS: Uncovering the mystery of sudden infant death
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Superhumans: The remarkable brain waves of high-level meditators
Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.
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3 great untruths to stop telling kids—and ourselves
These psychological principles can unlock your resiliency.
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Can this “frozen zoo” resurrect the Northern White Rhino?
Poachers drove the Northern White Rhino to extinction. One scientist and her “frozen zoo” are on a mission to bring them back.
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Microdosing psilocybin for anxiety and depression? A placebo may be just as good
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
When should someone trust an AI assistant’s predictions?
Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.
Jeff Bezos is looking to defy death. This is what we know about the science of aging
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Havana syndrome: CIA casts doubt on whether directed-energy attacks are causing strange illnesses
Some U.S. intelligence operatives have suggested foreign adversaries may be using "directed-energy" weapons against Americans.
Want a better relationship? Watch porn with your partner.
A recent study casts doubt on the notion that watching porn, whether alone or with a partner, damages romantic relationships.
Feel first, think second: is our brain really cut out for the modern world?
Are you in love? Trust your mother over your brain.
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The incredible origin story of CRISPR
The development of the revolutionary gene-engineering tool CRISPR is a tale fit for the big screen.
The psyche diet: How mental wellness supports lifelong physical health
Popular diets view health as a calorie-crunching equation while excluding a critical variable: mental wellness.
How psychiatric ideas about trauma evolved after World War I
From "shell shock" to "combat fatigue," the wars of the past century have violently illuminated the power trauma can wield over the mind and body.
Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
Research has shown the benefits of mindfulness, but the current mindfulness craze cannot deliver on its overhyped promises.
Want to live longer? You may need to move
Longevity gets a new motto: location, location, location.
Naps cannot fix sleep deprivation
A new study refutes some of the claims recently made about the value of napping.
The 3D-printed bionic arm that is disrupting the prosthetics industry
Prosthetic arms can cost amputees $80,000. A startup called Unlimited Tomorrow is aiming to change that by making customized 3D-printed bionic arms for just $8,000.
The healing power of love? Pair-bonding might prevent cancer in mice
Cancer cells seem to have a harder time growing among pair-bonded mice, according to a new study that explored the "widowhood effect."
iAge: predicting health with your “inflammatory age”
Age ain't nothing but a number, but "inflammatory age" may be real.
Could a pill that lowers our body temperature make us live longer?
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Want to tackle poverty? Start with blindness
Nearly 90% of the world's blind live in low-income countries.
Sleep deprivation affects fertility, memory, and even your immune response after a vaccine
Are you getting a full 8 hours?
Genetics of unexplained sudden cardiac arrest
New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.
Finally, a scientific cure for the hiccups
A new device cured the hiccups 92 percent of the time in a recent study involving more than 200 participants.
How Pfizer and BioNTech made history with their vaccine
How were mRNA vaccines developed? Pfizer's Dr Bill Gruber explains the science behind this record-breaking achievement and how it was developed without compromising safety.
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Just when the Middle Ages couldn’t get worse, everyone had bunions
The Black Death wasn't the only plague in the 1300s.