Treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of the...

People with disabilities face all sorts of discrimination every day. New Cornell University research suggests they may also face it...

Four states legalized recreational marijuana in November, nearly doubling the number of states where recreational pot is legal. As more...

After Pope Francis framed climate change as a moral issue in his second encyclical, conservative Republicans shifted and began to...

A large and growing body of research shows that poor kids grow up to have a host of physical problems...

Gorging at a holiday meal or friend's BBQ might have more to do with your ego than the quality of...

A well-known saying urges people to "not judge a book by its cover." But people tend to do just that...

On Thanksgiving, many of us take a moment to reflect on what we're grateful for -- and we get notable...

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder for which, despite years of research, there are no effective treatments or cures. However,...

Whenever Cornell University demographer Sharon Sassler talks about her latest research, she has to restrain herself from singing the lyric,...

Researchers in the social sciences have been searching for a holy grail: an accurate way to predict who is likely...

Cornell University researchers have confirmed a genetic link between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed on from the mother, and...

Think of the word "genius," and a few images undoubtedly come to mind - perhaps a picture of Albert Einstein,...

A new study from a Cornell University sociologist shows that while parents enjoy the time they spend with their children,...

How many likes did I get? The rush of self-esteem that comes with the ubiquitous thumbs-up of a ‘like’ has...