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/ 4 months agoRacism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds
Black women who are more frequently exposed to racism showed stronger connections in areas of the brain involved in rumination and...
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/ 4 months agoArab Druze community in mourning after tragic rocket strike on Golan Heights soccer field − highlighting challenges for Druze within Israel and the region
Druze are often held up as the best-integrated of Israel’s Arab minorities. But members of the faith who live in the...
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/ 4 months agoDemocratic Party’s choice of Harris was undemocratic − and the latest evidence of party leaders distrusting party voters
Handing VP Kamala Harris the Democratic presidential nomination without having her compete in primaries is a throwback to less democratic ways...
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/ 4 months agoIn ‘bamboo diplomacy,’ late Vietnam leader Nguyen Phu Trong left a path for smaller nations to navigate great-power rivalries
Leader of Vietnam’s Communist Party died on July 19, 2024. Among those who paid tribute was US Secretary of State Antony...
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/ 4 months agoI researched the dark side of social media − and heard the same themes in ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
An expert on mental health and social media explains why Taylor Swift’s latest album resonates with her.
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/ 4 months agoAIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations
Brains encode language by matching words to patterns of activity. Large language models can do the same thing.
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/ 4 months agoGov. Josh Shapiro has a reputation for getting things done in Pennsylvania – but not necessarily things all Democrats like
Pennsylvania’s governor has a long history of bipartisan negotiations and seizing moments in the spotlight.
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/ 4 months agoPsilocybin legislation is helping psychedelic drugs make a comeback – a drug researcher explains the challenges they face
Pharmaceutical giants like Johnson & Johnson as well as smaller startups are investing in psychedelic drug development, and both are pursuing...
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/ 4 months ago‘House of the Dragon’ was inspired by the chaos of the Middle Ages, a world without law and order
In medieval Europe, vigilantism was rampant. Though there were rudimentary efforts to develop legal frameworks, the precepts could be bizarre, with...
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/ 4 months agoMissy Elliott tours as a headliner − and it’s about time
The six-time platinum-selling artist invites fans into an imagined future that celebrates Blackness and queerness.
