Extreme heat puts stress on everyone's bodies. In recent years, scientists and policymakers have homed in on the risks heat poses to older people, whose bodies become more sensitive to heat with ...

In-person conferences can be expensive and difficult to organize, making some wonder whether they are worth the cost and time. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all aspects of society, ...

(RNS) — On average, people attending church in person had a higher heart rate during the service and experienced more transcendence, according to a recent study. (RNS) — Social scientists have long ...

New research from University College London and the University of Florida suggests that the number of people in the U.S. who read for pleasure is declining Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...

The boredom epidemic is on the rise. A new study published by Communications Psychology by Katy Y.Y. Tam and Michael Inzlicht found that people are more bored than ever before — and digital media use ...

In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them — an alarming display of excessive trust in ...

When COVID arrived early in 2020, pandemic restrictions made in-person mental health care difficult or impossible. Both therapists and patients had to adapt almost overnight. For many in the field, it ...

Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States. Over the last century, it's become common here and in other industrialized nations, though it remains rare among people who live ...

People can read intention in each other's gazes, recent research finds, lending evidence to this well-known assumption about human communication. The study reveals how humans use their eyes to ...

Stopping by the bank to make a quick deposit may soon become a relic of the past, according to a new study. Finance and credit-building company Self Financial recently released a study using data ...