Left to right: Jace Kuske, Sabrina Mederos, and John Paulus from the Bales Lab viewing brains on a microscope slide to study the biology behind love (called "pair bonding" in non-human animals). (Evan ...

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. With headlines on hacking our longevity and documentaries on “living forever,” it’s safe to say that many people are curious about what it takes to ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. For many of us, our mental picture of romantic love is a couple. After all, a firmly ...

Every January, millions of people resolve to improve their health. Many start with dramatic overhauls—cutting out entire food groups, committing to daily workouts, or vowing to reinvent their routines ...

To make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired bio ...

Research shows that drinking 17 ounces of water can increase how fast you burn calories by up to 30 percent for about an hour, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology ...

An anti-seed oil movement has proliferated on social media platforms and has continued to grow as well-known public figures and influencers have attributed common health problems like heart disease, ...