
Outgoing Gorillas Live Longer Than Shy Ones
Great apes who display the sense of curiosity and playfulness generally associated with extroverts generally outlive their shyer counterparts

Outgoing Gorillas Live Longer Than Shy Ones
Great apes who display the sense of curiosity and playfulness generally associated with extroverts generally outlive their shyer counterparts

3-D Printable Gun Part Fails on Sixth Shot
An AR-15 assault rifle containing just one 3D printed part broke during resilience tests, impeding any early plans to build a working gun made entirely of printed material


How the Stress of Disaster Brings People Together
New evidence that men are more likely to cooperate in difficult circumstances

Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt]
Larry Young and Brian Alexander explain how heartache begins in the brain in The Chemistry between Us

Online Chat at Noon EDT on Anxiety Disorders, with Scientific American's Maria Konnikova
As another disturbing week in U.S. news draws to a close, join us for a live online chat with Maria Konnikova, a Scientific American blogger and Ph.D. candidate in psychology at Columbia University, who will apply Sherlock Holmes-ian logic to our mental messes

A Periodic Stress Meter
Ask yourself this set of simple questions every few weeks to help gauge how much damaging stress you are experiencing

Decoding the Body Watcher
The brain uses a fundamentally different circuit for paying attention to the internal world, and this could have important implications for stress and mental illness.

Fearless Youth: Prozac Extinguishes Anxiety by Rejuvenating the Brain
New research shows that the antidepressant reduces fear in adult mice by increasing brain plasticity

The Stress of Crowds
City dwellers may handle pressure differently from those who live in less populated areas

International Panel Calls for Tougher "Stress Tests" of Nuclear Power Safety Systems
In the wake of the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, the IAEA urged a critical review of nuclear safety systems

Middle East Turmoil Reflects Global Anxiety about Wheat
Supplies of the staple food grain are tight--and may get tighter

Neurostress: How Stress May Fuel Neurodegenerative Diseases
A life of tension may hasten the onset of Alzheimer's