Cath Woolridge joins Scott Mills for today's Pause for Thought.

Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner ...

People may have disorganized thoughts and speech patterns that seem jumbled and do not make much sense to others. For instance, they may switch randomly from one topic to another or reply with an ...

The authors suggest that the formation of water may have occurred in the universe earlier than previously thought and may have been a key constituent of the first galaxies. Water is crucial for ...

For example, a person experiencing codependence may ruminate on fears of abandonment, while a person with an eating disorder may not be able to stop thinking about their diet and exercise regimen.

The Olympic gymnast opens up about her struggles—and her triumphs—in new memoir "I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams" out March 4 Jean Catuffe/Getty Jordan Chiles is opening up about ...

Speaking at the Pentagon on February 7, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invoked predecessor Donald Rumsfeld’s 2001 speech declaring war on bureaucracy and “shifting resources from the ...

Each fork affords flexibility and control, which individuals may exploit to justify the judgment they are motivated to make. The authors argue that “counterfactual thinking facilitates moral ...

However, the cognitive component—our thoughts' role in fueling our hunger—was largely missing. Sadly, that vital aspect is still largely overlooked today. You’ve probably heard of the latest ...

Figure 1. Stimuli. The top panel shows the two basic shapes that the participants discriminated. The bottom two panels show examples of low- and high-jitter stimuli. Sensory and feature discrimination ...