Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be
Margaret Echelbarger, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
The Research Brief is a short take about...
Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off –...
Donald M. Lamkin, University of California, Los Angeles
The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue...
Should you be friends with your co-workers? Here’s what the research says
Stephen Friedman, York University, Canada
In my teens and twenties, I didn’t think much about how important it was...
A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns...
Brad Bushman, The Ohio State University and Sophie Kjaervik, The Ohio State University
The Research Brief is a short...
Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here...
Allen Shaughnessy, Tufts University
“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.”
So declares...
Curing America’s loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs
Clay Marsh, West Virginia University
A national health advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 3,...
How new state laws and book ban movements have made the teaching of US...
Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jusneel Mahal, The Conversation
Of all the subjects taught in America’s public schools, few...
Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea
Jonathan Bate, Arizona State University
When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head...
