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How to Avoid Petrochemical Products

It’s well known that petrochemicals are toxic to our health. Here’s how to steer...

‘Phantom Costs’ Explain Why Some Deals Seem Too Good to...

Fear of hidden costs pushes us to avoid “free money” or suspiciously good offers

Marijuana’s New Legal Status Must Spark More Research

While most Americans enjoy access to marijuana, barriers to research and knowled...

Mosquito Bloodlust Is Driven by These Two Hormones

Mosquitoes carry a pair of hormones, one of which drives bloodlust while the oth...

Light Is How Astronomers Read the Story of the Universe

Almost everything we know about the cosmos is conveyed by photons traveling acro...

From Diagnosing Brain Disorders to Cognitive Enhancemen...

The EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition for everything from p...

Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their...

The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the dif...

Przewalski's Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natu...

Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Go...

Anti-abortion Heartbeat Bills Cause Immense Suffering

The rise in infant mortality in Texas shows that in states with strict abortion ...

New NASA Heat Map Shows Scorching Streets That Can Burn...

Under the scorching summer sun, pavement can reach temperatures hot enough to ca...

New Supreme Court Decisions Jeopardize Efforts to Curb ...

Four recent Supreme Court decisions will together make it much harder for the fe...

How Some People’s Body Resists Getting COVID

When scientists exposed people to the virus that causes COVID, only a subset got...

Biden Pushes to Stop Heat Deaths after Decades of Delay

It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed he...

Summertime Depression Could Be a Type of Seasonal Affec...

Heat and mood are closely linked, which may explain summertime depression—and ho...

Pupil Dilation Reveals Better Working Memory

People whose eyes dilated more performed better on tests of working memory

What Makes a Psychedelic Experience? Not Always a Drug,...

A Stanford anesthesiologist deconstructs the component parts of what it means to...

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