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We all want to have a good, stable relationship with somebody, says Dr. Helen Fisher. So it’s important to understand how intense romantic love affects our long-term goals.

There are countless studies that prove ecotherapy (often referred to as nature therapy) is beneficial for your physical and mental health.

A previously unknown species – single people – has recently been discovered.

Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.

Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?

Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.

Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.

An incredible composite image of Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744, simultaneously showcases both our impressive knowledge and vast ignorance.

Why can’t more rainwater be collected for the long, dry spring and summer when it’s needed?

The crabs’ blue blood contains an ancient immune defense mechanism that has helped save countless human lives.

From questionable shipwrecks to outright attacks, the Sentinelese clearly don’t want to be bothered.

All marbled crayfish descended from a single clone discovered in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995. 

Nikolaas Tinbergen’s concept of “supernormal stimulus” explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.

Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.

Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.

A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.

There have been some 6,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks, which have claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. These maps show some of them.

The idea that the news can make you sick has a long history.

Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.

Think leisure is pointless?

Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.

Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.

All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.

Buildings don’t have to be permanent — modular construction can make them modifiable and relocatable.

A “seafood mafia” is plying the waters between India and Sri Lanka to satisfy China’s appetite for an increasingly rare delicacy.

Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.

To empathize or scream, that is the question.

It turns out, letting your partner know you appreciate them leads to a stronger relationship. Who’d have thunk?

Scientists are befuddled by where the shark gets most of its food.

To get a sense of faraway places, these ‘atlases’ let the locals give you their perspective.