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Richard Drew/AP Playing Tetris Can Reduce Urges to Eat, Smoke, Drink
Three minutes of the game reduced cravings by 24 percent in a recent study.
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The Jenson Society, NY For the Young Doctor About to Burn Out
Professional burnout is the sum total of hundreds and thousands of tiny betrayals of purpose, each one so minute that it hardly attracts notice.
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What Men Find Behind Female Masks
Inside the increasingly common practice—and business—of female masking
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Gerald Herbert/AP How Brains See Music as Language
A new Johns Hopkins study looks at the neuroscience of jazz and the power of improvisation.
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Noah Berger/AP When You Fall Out of Love, This Is What Facebook Sees
We fill the human-shaped void with 225 percent more Facebook interactions.
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@johngreenman/NBC Bob Costas Eyewatch: The Return of the King
After a week beset by ocular infection, NBC's multimillion-dollar sportscaster is slated to return on Monday. Costas' victory over conjunctivitis heralds a return of the spirit of sportsmanship and national pride typified by these Olympic games.
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anvilon/flickr The Science Behind 'Brain Training'
Increasing fluid intelligence has proven beneficial for people diagnosed with ADHD, and selling memory improvement is a big business. Are the claims overheated?
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AP How Being Cold Burns Calories
Just enduring winter weather counts as exercise.
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Oliver Herford, Phenomenal Fauna (Library of Congress) The Narcissistic Injury of Middle Age
As we pass our prime, it is with a growing awareness that younger people coming after us haven’t yet reached their peak. Those who can’t bear the shift to a supporting role may become increasingly narcissistic in the unhealthy sense of the word.
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Saad Shalash/Reuters Study: Ordinary Experiences Make Us Happier as We Get Older
Extraordinary moments provide happiness throughout life, but as we realize our days our numbered, the small moments count for more.
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nvainio/flickr Can Your Family Make You Obese?
New research reveals parents' impact on childhood weight, even in rich families.
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New Report: Americans Love Pizza
Seven facts from the Department of Agriculture this month confirm the importance of pizza in the minds and bodies of Americans.
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P. Morrissey/flickr There Is a Paranormal Activity Lab at the University of Virginia
Respected scientists are lending credibility to parapsychological research.
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Further Health Demands of CVS
Cigarettes are a good start, but things likely to destroy us are still on shelves.
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Come Tour the McNugget Factory
What's behind our eat-hate relationship with chicken blobs? McDonald's lifted the nugget curtain this week, showing fans and detractors how the 1979 creation is made.
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Wellcome Images Terrifying Old Ads for Quack Doctors
Turn-of-the-20th-century "physicians" offered clairvoyance alongside their medical care.
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Matti Mattila/flickr Can Psychopaths Be Rehabilitated?
The complications of sentencing psychopathic criminals
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Shooting Pills at Bipolar Disorder
A third of patients who go to the hospital for bipolar I disorder are on four (or more) psychiatric medications—despite a lack of evidence that's a good idea. This highlights the complexity of the disease and the need for more science.
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joeannenah/flickr New Research Says There Are Only Four Emotions
Conventional scientific understanding is that there are six, but new research suggests there may only happy, sad, afraid/surprised, and angry/disgusted.
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chadmiller/flickr I Visited a Chickasaw Healer
As American alternative medicine grows in popularity, I decided to experience an even older style of nontraditional treatment.
