
How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Moral Compass?
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? What if you had to cause harm with your own hands? Your answer may depend on the emotions you’re feeling

How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Moral Compass?
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? What if you had to cause harm with your own hands? Your answer may depend on the emotions you’re feeling

A New Tool for Humanizing Medicine
It’s called the ABT Template, and if you want to talk to patients simply and clearly, it’s ideal


The Problem with Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests
Despite caveats in ads and on packages, users can fail to understand their limitations

Three Fourths of Dogs Are Angst-Ridden—and Owners May Be Partly to Blame
Overly cautious humans and genetics may contribute to behavior problems in a survey of 13,700 Finnish animals

The Inconvenient Truth about Your “Authentic” Self
To actually feel authentic, you might have to betray your true nature

Your Kids Are Heavier Than You Think
New research ties parents’ misperceptions of their offspring’s weight to childhood obesity

“Fake News” Web Sites May Not Have a Major Effect on Elections
Voters exposed to such untrustworthy sources also see valid news online, a study finds

It’s Time to Take Delirium Seriously
The most common complication of hospitalization for older patients can often be prevented

Some Kinds of Doctors Get More Speeding Tickets Than Others
Make way for emergencies—but go safely

Why We Need “Science Citizens”
A public that doesn’t understand what science is and how it works can’t form useful opinions about public policy

How I Broke the Cycle of Stress
A technique called goal diversification turned out to be surprisingly effective

The Intersected States of America
Sometimes a union does not feel very united