
Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborn’s Dangerous Bacterial Infection
Some celebrities take such therapies, claiming health benefits

Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborn’s Dangerous Bacterial Infection
Some celebrities take such therapies, claiming health benefits

Tests for Lyme Disease Miss Early Cases—but a New Approach Might Help
Standard methods often fail to catch infections during the first month

Most Opioid Prescriptions Are for People with Depression, Other Mood Disorders
The finding raises questions about how different people respond to pain

Grandma’s Little Robot
Machines that can read and react to social cues may be more acceptable companions and caretakers

A New Theory for Why Killer Whales Go Through Menopause
Evidence suggests it is for the greater social good

The Beauty of “Mini Brains”
Lab-grown bundles of brain cells may be the future of drug testing

Drunk Mice Get the Munchies
Alcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger

Don't Forget: You, Too, Can Acquire a Super Memory
Learning a memorization technique used by elite memory athletes leads to widespread changes in brain wiring

Time to Fold, Humans: Poker-Playing AI Beats Pros at Texas Hold’em
The feat represents a leap forward in developing artificial intelligence that can learn with incomplete information

Slo-mo Made Him Do It
Watching video in slow motion can lead us to believe actions are more intentional

Make Earth Great Again!—Here's How
Political conservatives are more likely to care about the environment if climate messages focus on restoring the planet to its past state, a study shows

Good Relationships Are All in the Family
A decades-long study finds men raised in close families have stronger attachments in old age

Psychiatrists Debate Weighing in on Trump's Mental Health
A long-standing code of ethics prohibits diagnosing public figures from afar

Super Bowl Psychology: Why Athletes "Choke"--and How to Avoid It
Putting too much conscious thought into an automatic action can derail it

Drunk Mice Get the Munchies
A study in mice reveals that alcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger

We Remember Faces Better as Adults
Brain regions involved in recognizing visages continue to develop into young adulthood

New Test Spots Human Form of Mad Cow Disease with 100 Percent Accuracy
Blood screening technology may be able to diagnose infections before symptoms emerge

Pregnancy Causes Lasting Changes in a Woman's Brain
New mothers showed evidence of neural remodeling up to two years after giving birth

Ho-Ho-Horrible: Why We're So Bad at Choosing Good Gifts
Recent research highlights the mismatch between what people want and what they want to give

Teen Wins Big for a Homemade Polymer
An orange–avocado material that could keep crops hydrated during droughts places first at the Google Science Fair

Who’s Top Monkey? How Social Status Affects Immune Health
Social hierarchies among rhesus macaques give rise to differences in their ability to respond to bacterial and viral invaders

Rats Enjoy Being Tickled--When They're in the Right Mood [Video]
Researchers identify a brain area activated by both tickling and play in happy rats

Eavesdrop on Ultrasonic Rat Giggles
Scientists used special microphones to let us listen in on a tickled rat’s titters.

The Problems with Poor Ballot Design
A Q&A with psychologist Philip Kortum