There are a lot of things we tell ourselves about chocolate in order to eat it on a frequent basis. It’s great for headaches, it’s good for the heart, it’s better than other things I could be eating! But what if we told you it’s been proven to make you smarter…

The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa flavanols beforehand, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports. In the study, 14 of 18 participants…

More cities are starting to pedestrianise central zones to minimize cars and eliminate deaths on public roads

Doctors urge the CDC to be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine.

Inner speech, self-talk, internal monologue – we unpack the psychology of our thoughts

With the climate crisis getting worse, we need to find solutions to reduce our carbon emissions. We can't simply rely on renewable energy, carbon capture, usage and storage is another solution

In 2017, I presented a paper at the Florida Academy of Sciences ennoscriptd “The Importance of Being a Mammal.” Its thesis was threefold. First, a number of behaviours appear to…View Post

Born 200 years ago, Karl Marx’s patron and collaborator is a study in contradiction between socialist ideals and a life devoted to luxury.

Do pandemic-spurred lockdowns hurt our ability to develop a healthy immune system? Maybe. But there's ways to combat potential effects.

The rise in depression and anxiety is even worse than expected, especially among young adults

Face masks slow spread of COVID-19; types of masks, length of use matter. The use of face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19 has been widely recommended by health professionals. This has triggered studies exploring the physics of face mask use and…

On the absence of information in today’s media. How polarization is destroying the function of the press in a democracy.