
A Common Anesthetic Could Ease PTSD and Other Stress Disorders
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
Paul Raeburn is a journalist, blogger and broadcaster and author of five books, including The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal With the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016).
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
New techniques that dig more deeply into genetic databases may soon make the anonymity of their customers’ DNA impossible to safeguard
The influence of fathers on their teenage children has long been overlooked. Now researchers are finding surprising ways in which dads make a difference
Mathematically tested measures to make your kids cooperate—all on their own
The influence of fathers on their teenage children has long been overlooked. Now researchers are finding surprising ways in which dads make a difference
Could becoming a father after age 40 raise the risks that your children will have a mental illness?
Could becoming a father after age 40 raise the risks that your children will have a mental illness?
There are fewer fish in the sea than ever. Complexity theory, argues mathematician George Sugihara, provides a counterintuitive way to revitalize the world's fisheries
A well-publicized study and a spate of popular books raise questions about the ill effects of being overweight. Their conclusions are probably wrong
Antidepressants, designed for adults, may be altering the brains of kids who take them
After 25 years, the EPA still won't ban a risky pesticide
An obscure law is evolving into a bludgeon against government regulation
A small attempt to prevent political misuse of science
Will Gas Lines in the Coming Decade Make Those of 1973 Look Short?
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