One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both ‘all in your head’ and beyond it

One of the leading theories helping explain this condition is known as predictive processing. Rather than simply reacting to your world, this theory suggests that the brain is constantly making ...

Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice

(THE CONVERSATION) For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the ...

Congress just passed a housing law that rewards states for reform — here’s why Colorado has a head start

(THE CONVERSATION) In Colorado, a full-time worker must earn US$36.44 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their income on rent, according to a recent ...

How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine

Sardines went from dinner tables to battlefields and fueled Imperial Japan’s continental aggression, beginning with the 1931 invasion of Manchuria in northeast China and culminating in the Marco Polo ...