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Boredom is one of those human traits, like appreciating humor or music or ocean views, that we take for granted without ...

We should all be concerned by the hyper-masculinity content some young boys are aligning themselves with, both online and in ...

Woody Allen wanted to achieve immortality by not dying rather than through his work. Recently, China's General Secretary Xi ...

An examination of how human behaviour forms before action, tracing bias, culture, uncertainty, and social pressure through ...

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Neuroscientist Ben Rein is on a mission to show that being around others not only feels good, but can even improve recovery from strokes, cancer and heart attacks. So why are so many of us isolated ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...

This time of year is usually full of promise and good intentions. But when global unrest of various kinds starts to seem like ...

Flash forward 10 years and Sivakumar had become an integrative biology major paid to conduct groundbreaking research into how ...

From frogs and sponges to jellyfish and tardigrades, scientists reveal how some animals digest food without defecating, ...