Mental Health
Novel Drug Therapies Could Tackle Treatment-Resistant Depression
An anesthetic, a steroid and a psychedelic are new treatments for a devastating psychiatric disorder
Opinion
Mental Health
Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Digital devices can provide better and more useful information than the typical studies conducted with U.S. college students as participants
Mental Health
School-Based Online Programs Instruct Pupils about Good Mental Health
Education programs in India and New York State teach a basic awareness about stress, anxiety and depression
Mental Health
How the Pandemic Is Changing Mental Health
COVID has jostled people’s emotional equilibrium. Therapy apps, telehealth, lay counselors and psilocybin are poised to change the foundations of caregiving
Drug Use
Opioids and Cigarettes Are Both Harmful, but Opioids Have Valid Medical Uses
We mustn’t apply the same harm reduction strategies to both
Extraterrestrial Life
Looking for Interstellar Monuments
An ancient civilization from a distant star could have created immortal machines to roam the Milky Way and keep its legacy alive
Behavior
How 9/11 Ushered in a New Era of Conspiracy Theories
The breakdown of institutional legitimacy helped shape our current information crisis
Engineering
What Structural Engineers Learned from 9/11
Members of the profession study such tragic events to try and ensure that something similar won’t happen again
Mental Health
Adolescent Mental Health? There’s a ‘Vaccine’ for That
School-based interventions that help students regulate their emotions in healthy ways have proved effective at preventing pandemic-related issues
Extraterrestrial Life
To Look or Not to Look? That Is the Question
The search for technological relics of extraterrestrial civilizations will inspire the public and attract talent to the field of astronomy
