The modern educational experience is a clear example of how mismatched today's world is from ancestral conditions.

A psychologist explains the evolutionary and psychological roots of laughter, and what an infant’s giggles teach us about how adults bond.

Genius Grant” honoree Rebecca Newberger Goldstein talks about her new book on “the mattering instinct,” a concept that’s surprisingly essential to individuals and societies.

Once upon a time, great psychological thinkers bestrode the earth. William James, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Fred Skinner, ...

Jesus taught a different kind of altruism, the altruism that is not based only on those socially and biologically related to ...

As March 11 reports indicate that global oil prices are beginning to stabilise, the “maths of panic" is expected to cool. The ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, was a distinguished dermatologist who practiced on Staten Island for over 42 years. He came to the United States in 1967 on a Ventnor Foundation scholarship and ...

Kentucky Space Futures has launched as a statewide initiative designed to raise awareness and promote growth across Kentucky’s space-related sectors, including science, technology, business, education ...

When a player collapses inward after a mistake — head drops, shoulders curl, chest narrows — that isn’t just an expression of how they feel. It’s a mechanism that deepens the feeling. The body doesn’t ...

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

What science reveals about the perils of being nice. Whatever your take on humanity, it is hard to deny one fact: we are, as a species, more hypocritical than we think, and tend to display a curious t ...