Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery of the central nervous system, showing how a key protein gets to the right...

As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month, a new report suggests one...

Parents and other adults heap the highest praise on children who are most likely to be hurt by the compliments,...

A new study suggests that poor mental health and casual sex feed off each other in teens and young adults,...

After a period of relative calm during the 1990s, rapid changes in American families began anew during the 2000s, a...

An anonymous stranger you encounter on websites like Yelp or Amazon may seem to be just like you, and a...

When it comes to some of the health hazards of light at night, a new study suggests that the color...

A new study has found that chasing down a moving object is not only a matter of sight or of...

People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or women should act – even...

Adding captivating visuals to a textbook lesson to attract children’s interest may sometimes make it harder for them to learn,...

The workers who may have the most to gain from attending company social events may be the ones who actually...

Low-income parents who receive federal child care subsidies are more satisfied with their child care than those who don’t receive...

Marriage may not always be as beneficial to health as experts have led us to believe, according to a new...

New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm...

A desire for expensive, high-status goods is related to feelings of social status - which helps explain why minorities are...