Loneliness has been described as a public health crisis, compared to smoking in its effects on lifespan, and declared an epidemic by health ministers in multiple countries. But until recently, science could say little about what loneliness actually is inside... Continue Reading →
Ask most adults in their forties or fifties and they will tell you the same thing: the years are moving faster than they used to. A decade that once felt endless now seems to compress into a handful of summers.... Continue Reading →
Anyone who has ever been watched by a dog during a moment of grief, or had one push its head against them during an argument, knows the feeling that dogs read us. But the science behind that intuition turns out... Continue Reading →
Most of us already know music can bring old memories flooding back. A song from a particular summer, a wedding dance, a tune that played on a long drive: hear a few bars decades later and the moment returns almost... Continue Reading →
For generations, the idea of regrowing a lost finger, repairing damaged joints, or restoring tissue after a serious injury has belonged to the realm of science fiction. While certain animals such as salamanders can regenerate entire limbs, humans have long... Continue Reading →
It topped the search charts in 2025 and shows no sign of slowing down. Of all the things people secretly typed into Google about love and relationships, emotional intimacy came out first, not passion, not chemistry, not even the ever-popular love language... Continue Reading →
In a dark patch of sky in the constellation Centaurus, a ghostly figure drifts through space, pale blue and curved, vaguely human in silhouette. Astronomers call it the Mermaid Nebula. What it actually is, beneath that delicate appearance, is the... Continue Reading →
Lifting weights a couple of times a week may do more for your long-term survival than most people realize, and a sweeping new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine finally puts numbers to exactly how much is... Continue Reading →
GLP-1 receptor agonists, the class of drugs that includes semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), have already reshaped how we treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. Now, a large new study suggests they may do something no one originally designed... Continue Reading →