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A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.
A new antibiotic hits germs with a two pronged attack.
A large-scale meta-analysis aims to disprove the notion that pornography consumption causes sexual aggression and violence.
First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
New research shows that experiencing an opposite-sex body in virtual reality impacted the subject’s gender identity.
There’s no such thing as a miracle drug.
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?
While most of these deaths are driven by external factors, interventions can still help prevent them.
Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.
A new study shows that the top rap songs in the U.S. are making increasingly frequent references to depression and suicidal thoughts.
For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.
Ultraviolet LED lights could soon be used to help disinfect air and surfaces in buildings, planes, subways and other spaces.
Research finds that our sense of self can be manipulated by certain smells and sounds.
A new observational study finds that red wine and cheese have protective effects.
There is a lot we don’t know about psychedelics, but what we do know makes them extremely important.
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A new study explores the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, which has been used in Africa for centuries.
Research shows that sparrows and other animals use plants to heal themselves.
The vaccine just passed its first clinical trials, but it has a long way to go.
There is a neurological link between serotonin levels and the brain’s ability to control impulses and patience levels.
A new “evidence-based nature prescription program” will see patients spending time in the woods.
Mice will even run on a wheel in nature. Pheromones help inspire that behavior.
Pfizer’s vaccine needs to be kept at -100°F until it’s administered. Can caregivers deliver?
Psychedelic therapy will become legal in Oregon in 2023. That’s thanks largely to a renaissance of psychedelic research that’s changing attitudes on the substances’ medical potential.
Britons could start receiving the vaccine within days.
The Google-owned company developed a system that can reliably predict the 3D shapes of proteins.
A biologist-reporter investigates his fungal namesake.