Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive
Equanimity, a key ingredient of mindfulness meditation, helps people face life’s ups and downs
Equanimity, a key ingredient of mindfulness meditation, helps people face life’s ups and downs
Too many people are suffering from long COVID and other postviral syndromes. Anthony Fauci says we need to step up funding and research now
Two competing farmers’ almanacs say this winter will be cold and snowy, but NOAA, the top U.S. weather agency, disagrees
As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations
The James Webb Space Telescope’s studies of the Crab nebula may shed new light on the supernova remnant’s origins
The number of homes located within the perimeters of wildfires has doubled since the 1990s. A surprising ecosystem is responsible for the risk
Electrical stimulation to the lower spine has improved the mobility of a man with Parkinson’s disease for the past two years, but researchers say larger clinical trials are needed to assess the device ...
Rising temperatures are increasing the likelihood of severe drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran
Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?
Surgeons transplanted part of a face and an entire eyeball into a man with severe electrical burns. He is not yet able to see out of the eye, but preliminary evidence suggests it may retain some function...
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