The experiment was not for the squirmish. Volunteers were made to itch like crazy on one arm, but not allowed to scratch. Then they were whisked into an M.R.I. scanner to see what parts of their bra ...

In developed countries today life expectancy at birth is about 80 years. That figure has almost doubled over the past century. Life expectancy at birth measures how long someone born today would sur ...

When it came to pharmacological solutions to life's despairs, Aldous Huxley was ahead of the curve. In Huxley's 1932 novel about a dystopian future, the Alphas, Betas and others populating his "Brav ...

My 11-year-old grandsons, Stefan and Tomas, weigh about 80 pounds each. On the 20-minute walk to their middle school and the uphill walk home, they carry backpacks that weigh about 12 pounds each, o ...

If people need motivation to get up from their office chairs or couches and become less sedentary, two useful new studies could provide the impetus. One found that sitting less can slow the aging pr ...

Mental—health care has come a long way since the remedy of choice was trepanation — drilling holes into the skull to release "evil spirits." Over the last 30 years, treatments like cognitive-beh ...

Not long after moving to the University of Southampton, Constantine Sedikides had lunch with a colleague in the psychology department and described some unusual symptoms he'd been feeling. A few tim ...

My sleep schedule: 我的睡眠时间表是这样的： 8:30: Get ready for bed 8:30: 准备上床睡觉 9:00: Be in bed 9:00: 上床 9:30: Hopefully be sleeping 9:30: 希望自 ...

We all have regrets, but new research suggests the most common regret among American adults involves a lost romantic opportunity. 我们都有各种憾事，不过新研究显示，美国成年人 ...

When smog descends on Beijing or other Asian cities, people rush to buy face masks. 当雾霾降临到北京等亚洲城市的上空时，人们争相购买口罩。 But how effective are the ...