A new study has revealed that rapid, large-scale day-to-day temperature fluctuations have intensified amid global warming, representing a distinct climate hazard with impacts on human health. This ...

Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are embracing a technology that’s raised critical safety concerns around mental ...

Ryan Day carried the look of a coach who knew exactly what happened and exactly how much it hurt. “Very disappointed just overall with how we played,” Day said after the Buckeyes 13-10 loss to Indiana ...

As few as two cigarettes daily led to a 60% increased risk of death. Just 100 cigarettes over the course of someone's life may be enough to raise their risk of heart disease and death, a new study ...

Eef Hogervorst has received funding from Economic and Social Research Council, Road Safety Trust, Alzheimer's Research UK, ISPF, Dunhill Medical Trust. She was affiliated with NICE as expert on ...

A new study suggests that exercise can be particularly beneficial for older people at a higher risk for the disease. By Dana G. Smith Walking a few thousand steps a day can slow cognitive decline in ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study. Specifically, I’m talking about the research conducted by Diener and ...

Extending the length of your daily walks can benefit your heart, new research suggests. In a study conducted among healthy adults, people who accumulated most of their daily steps in bouts of 15 ...

Previous guidance recommended people walk at least 10,000 steps a day. A new study suggests that walking just 4,000 steps a day, rather than the more widely recommended 10,000 steps a day, could be ...

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Social emotional learning — lessons in soft skills like listening to people you disagree with or calming yourself down before a test — has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. The conservative ...

Lessons learned from catastrophic and deadly wildfires that ravaged California in recent years could help residents and communities in and near forested areas limit damage from future fires, a ...