Neuroscience has a part in why you're playing Taylor Swift's songs on repeat
Taylor Swift literally has music down to a science
How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
A combination of landscapes, stars, and experience guide the geese & gander migrations
Can AI help diagnose depression? It's a long shot
At the moment, machine intelligence is just as subjective as human intelligence
Listen to your parents when they tell you to tidy up: it's good for your brain
Neuroscience and psychology findings support the KonMari Method
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Humans are two developmental stages away from monkeys
Less than 50 of our 20,000 genes are unique to humans. What separates us from monkeys?
"Poached" takes you into the trenches of wildlife crime
Rachel Love Nuwer explains how and why illegal trade threatens to wipe some of our planet's most charismatic animals off the map forever
Meet Mamie Phipps Clark, the social psychologist who helped outlaw segregated schools
She became the first black woman to earn a PhD in psychology from Columbia University
Empathy and bias are more intertwined than we often think
Studying empathy can sometimes seem like a look at how self-involved we are
These researchers want to stop treating depression with trial and error
A promising startup is using deep learning to tailor treatments to patients
Why scientists are exploring sleep deprivation as a treatment for depression
With an important caveat, losing sleep appears to have significant short-term effects on depression
Could raising our body temperature treat depression?
Hyperthermia could be more effective than anti-depressants, with fewer side effects
The psychedelic renaissance is here. Will it last this time?
To avoid the mistakes of the past, scientists and society need to open their minds
Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?
An expert lays out a cautiously optimistic case for using the psychedelic in therapy
Here's what happens to hamster brains when they don't get enough play
Play might be more important for brain development than we thought