Lifestyle
Science shows that heartbreak doesn’t just hurt emotionally. It can affect our brains and immune systems. I asked researchers if science could also mend my broken heart.
Jan. 22, 2024
California
Using Mexican and Guatemalan passports, David Morrow fled to Israel to avoid prison for fraud, having admitted he performed surgeries that weren’t needed or wanted by patients.
Jan. 24, 2020
Opinion
The embryo of an oviraptorosaur, perfectly preserved, is a reminder that our concept of “real time” is an illusion.
Jan. 3, 2022
Science & Medicine
A surprising (but welcome) side effect of a therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder may pave the way for a new approach to treating type 2 diabetes — and offer new insights into the links between obesity and the metabolic disease that afflicts close to 1 in 10 American adults.
May 26, 2018
Entertainment & Arts
Dec. 5, 2017
This weekend, audiences will pile into a darkened theater to witness angry superheroes slam their fists into the screaming faces of opposing superheroes.
May 5, 2016
Schizophrenia is one of psychiatry’s most puzzling afflictions, with a complex of symptoms that goes far beyond its hallmark hallucinations and delusional thinking.
May 4, 2015
Dopamine brings people together and oxytocin keeps them attached, studies show. Is love just chemistry?
Sept. 16, 2014
Picture yourself hovering over an alien city with billions of blinking lights of thousands of types, with the task of figuring out which ones are connected, which way the electricity flows and how that translates into nightlife.
June 19, 2014
Parenting a small child requires the forethought of a crisis planner, the reflexes of a professional goalkeeper, the energy of a cheerleader and the empathy of a therapist.
May 28, 2014