Human
Mind, body, health, disease, medicine and hope
The human experience is driven not just by the natural processes that shape our minds, bodies and world, but also by our ability to understand and shape those processes. From good health to terrible disease, from the foods we eat to the drugs we take, and from simple psychology to the the complexity of consciousness.
Study attributes age-related hearing loss to hair cells -- the same sense organs that are damaged by loud noises.
A new study shows how self-imposed COVID prevention measures like hand-washing and mask-wearing work to prevent a large outbreak -- if they happen fast.
A month’s worth of cool science stories, summed up.
A new skill for a smart speaker -- Google Home or Amazon’s Alexa may listen for signs of cardiac arrest.
Pendants made from cave bear teeth are among the items found with the earliest modern human fossils in a cave in Bulgaria.
The ghost of an ancient disease could inform the fight against COVID-19.
Humans' compulsion to touch their faces may be part of a subconscious instinct to smell themselves.
Researchers are working to get a better understanding of autism to help find better treatments for patients and families.
Factories, national parks, and dense urban areas worldwide feel the effects of COVID-19.
A month worth of cool science stories, summed up.
