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My journey into an a storm of madness.

New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death

On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law-enforcement in New York City.

Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.

Sigmund Freud once applied his Oedipal theory to the leader of the free world.

Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.

In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.

The neat picture we once had about the causes of mental illness has turned out to be wrong, but we are building an understanding of a new single underlying factor

People taking the drug for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.

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In the campaign to ban gender therapies for minors, Republicans have amplified a group of activists who no longer identify as transgender, overriding objections from transgender people and medical experts.

The passive voice makes the people at the heart of a crime curiously exempt from blame.

Despite the eye-catching claim that large AI language models like ChatGPT have achieved theory of mind, some experts find their abilities lackluster.

Swearing could actually be an emotional release valve and studies show that people who swear like a sailor are more honest and more intelligent.

The longer a person’s telomeres, researchers found, the greater the risk of cancer and other disorders, challenging a popular hypothesis about the chromosomal roots of vitality.

The science of misheard lyrics and the “mondegreen,” a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect.

Cost-cutting translations are introducing errors and putting refugees at risk.

Mental health experts worry the high cost of healthcare is driving more people to confide in OpenAI's chatbot, which often reproduces harmful biases.

Moms are laid off while on parental leave and subjected to stereotypes about their competency. But with few legal protections, attorneys say most cases go unreported.

What is it like to grieve someone whose body has a job in the afterlife?

The psychologist taught us that what we remember is not fixed, but her work testifying for defendants like Harvey Weinstein collides with our traumatized moment.

In a delightful new experiment, a team of scientists was able to show that once taught how, pet parrots can and will FaceTime their parrot friends.

The people at the dog park, the bank teller, the regular waiter — these casual relationships may be “weak ties,” but they’re also a key to well-being.

Suicide rates typically go down in times of crisis. Why?

In the Belgian town of Geel, families have long taken in people with psychiatric conditions. Could this approach work elsewhere?

“I drive a nice car. People assume my husband bought it for me.”

Contrary to claims of gentle parenting influencers, timeout hasn't been found to harm kids. Used alongside other effective techniques, it can reduce oppositional behaviors.

"Love Is Blind" was supposed to be a different kind of dating show. But contestants say being on the series was traumatic: "It literally ruins lives."

Numerous reasons have been proposed for why gender inequality remains frustratingly stagnant. One persistent argument says it’s because of differences in men and women’s behavior. But do men and women act all that differently? An analysis of men and women’s behavior in one company suggests that the difference in their promotion rates wasn’t due to their behavior but to how they were treated. Women had the same number of contacts as men, they spent as much time with senior leadership, they had indistinguishable work patterns, and they scored equally in performance evaluations. Yet women weren’t advancing and men were.