At its core, public health is about driving healthy behavior changes by building awareness, meeting people where they are, ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

To the chagrin of professionals who dedicate careers to complex solutions, sometimes the simplest intervention is the most ...

Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

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The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

All eight of the top password managers have adopted the term “zero knowledge” to describe the complex encryption system they use to protect the data vaults that users store on their servers. The ...

Robert Sampson's new book argues that your likelihood of being arrested may depend less on who you are than when you are.

Laura I’Anson told Newsweek that her son would often end the school week mentally and physically exhausted.

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

Leaving home for work isn't anyone's favorite time of day, but it can be especially difficult to walk out the door when there ...

A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential ...