health

Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman debunks the ‘10,000 steps per day’ myth.

Black women are 3x more likely to die giving birth. Here’s one plan to fix that.

Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.

A neuroscientist explains how to master your focus.

Only 2% of Alzheimer’s is 100% genetic. The rest is up to your daily habits.

Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.

There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.

You can learn things 250% faster by unlocking your ‘flow state.’

The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.

Practice doesn’t actually make perfect. Here’s the willpower equation necessary for elite athletes and musicians.

How to unlock your brain’s natural antidepressants.

There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.

Half our day is spent not living in the moment. Here’s how to change that.

SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.

Are sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll actually good for you?

He’s written 7 books on happiness. He’s studied it for 30 years. He even taught it at Harvard. What can Tal Ben-Shahar tell you about really being happy?

Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.

Is social media changing your memory? Here’s what the science actually says.

Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.

These psychological principles can unlock your resiliency.

Poachers drove the Northern White Rhino to extinction. One scientist and her “frozen zoo” are on a mission to bring them back.

Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.

Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.

Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.

Some U.S. intelligence operatives have suggested foreign adversaries may be using "directed-energy" weapons against Americans.

Humanity's most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?

What would you do differently if you listened to your true desires?

A recent study casts doubt on the notion that watching porn, whether alone or with a partner, damages romantic relationships.

Are you in love? Trust your mother over your brain.

The development of the revolutionary gene-engineering tool CRISPR is a tale fit for the big screen.