
An Alcoholic Parent Can Affect How a Child’s Brain Switches Tasks
Such children’s neural circuits do not transition properly from an active state to a resting one

An Alcoholic Parent Can Affect How a Child’s Brain Switches Tasks
Such children’s neural circuits do not transition properly from an active state to a resting one

Delivery from Local Store Is Greenest Shopping Method—Most of the Time
Researchers also calculated the carbon footprints for online and in-person shopping


Pregnancy Anxiety? Here’s How to Keep Calm and Carry On
Pregnancy is a time of overwhelming emotions—some anxiety is normal! Use these four indispensable tips to keep calm so you can enjoy this magical time

Uncertainty in a Time of Coronavirus
Here’s why communicating public health risk during an epidemic is so challenging

A Vision of AI for Joyful Education
Here’s how we can avert the dangers and maximize the benefits of this powerful but still emerging technology

Americans Are Perceived as Distant and Cold
Originally published in April 1955

How to Report on the COVID-19 Outbreak Responsibly
Remember, the virus doesn’t follow the news and doesn’t care about Twitter

Medicine as Meditation
What a doctor learned from a chaplain

Bumblebees Solve a 17th-Century Psychological Puzzle
By answering the question posed in Molyneux’s problem, the invertebrates may have demonstrated an ability to internally represent objects

99 Percent of Families Prefer Yeasty Bread
Originally published in February 1860

If You Want Creative Solutions, Keep Your Team Small
Large collaborations in science are sometimes necessary, but size can also stifle innovation

The Many Meanings of “I Can’t”
So much can hide behind those two little words