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Finding new friends as an adult can be hard. Can a heartfelt hug spark social interest? A new study investigated.

Contrary to common belief, the anorexic life is highly food-centric, as observed in other food-deprived animals but with more ...

A pair of studies published in 'Nature' and 'Science' both point to the perils of chatbots. Readers are advised to use new ...

Does cannabis help with anxiety? New research finds that cannabis has fewer health benefits than often suggested, and it ...

A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The ...

Why does some humor relate to basic physical maintenance—breathing, drinking, and eating? As long as they're relatively minor ...

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

An alien virus creates a hive mind. But the story is how the survivors fail to unite—revealing human cooperation's fragile ...

Research shows that a mother’s death immediately impacts one’s identity. It uproots you, turns your beliefs inside out, and ...

A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole ...

Grandiose narcissists appear bold, charming and confident. People falsely believe they will make good partners, but they are ...