“Mental load” refers to the behind-the-scenes work of keeping a life running: tracking appointments, remembering bills, planning meals and handling a steady stream of small decisions. For people ...

A job candidate gets rejected not because of their resume, but because of the shape of their face. That scenario, long documented as a real human failing, may now be built into the artificial ...

People reach for a book to calm down more often than they reach for a glass of wine or a hot bath, according to a new editorial pulling together decades of research on reading and mental health. One ...

When a new prescription lands on a pharmacy counter, the assumption is that it went through years of testing, checked and rechecked before ever reaching a shelf. That assumption isn’t as safe as it ...

Most people assume more time at the gym means more benefit. A major new study published in Cell Reports Medicine complicates that idea. Three minutes of all-out effort, spread across six 30-second ...

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There’s a reason a grandparent’s record collection feels so different from what’s topping the charts today, and it goes beyond sound. Over the past six decades, the words woven into popular music have ...

For decades, the exercise advice handed out in doctor’s offices, schools, and government health campaigns has told everyone to get at least 150 minutes of moderate activity per week, and your heart ...

People who regularly attend concerts, visit museums, or paint on weekends may carry a less-expected benefit in their DNA. A new study found that adults who frequently engaged in arts and cultural ...

Friendships have ended over it. Family dinners have gotten awkward and stayed that way. For a growing number of Americans, politics hasn’t just created tension; it has cost them relationships entirely ...

Something is going wrong for middle-aged Americans, and most of the wealthy world doesn’t share the problem. A new review of research spanning multiple countries and generations has found that ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters adds evidence to a growing body of research suggesting summer is growing longer, arriving more abruptly, and piling up heat at an ...