Preventing disease with the help of social media
November 7, 2017
Eleni Linos focuses on how technology influences our behaviors to make an impact on health.
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
November 1, 2017
A new study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial groups.
Is biology behind your political views?
October 26, 2017
How your body processes its fight or flight response may affect your opinion, a new study finds.
‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear
October 20, 2017
Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.
Sex, power and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein
October 19, 2017
If we want to stop the predators among us, we have to look at how power corrupts.
Social media can increase stress during a crisis
October 18, 2017
Official use of social media can be effective. The unverified rumor mill? Much less so.
Human speech, jazz and whale song
October 12, 2017
Three wildly different samples show how much forms of communication have in common.
How generosity in disasters flows in both directions
October 4, 2017
Sharing what we have activates pleasure circuits in the brain, says the Greater Good Science Center.
Teens’ online friendships just as meaningful as face-to-face ones
September 28, 2017
Digital communication can even provide more benefits but also carries more risks.
Blocking the 'love hormone'
September 25, 2017
A new study finds that blocking oxytocin works better than Prozac to help stressed mice.