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Where children live and what their household’s socioeconomic status is leaves a mark on their brains, a new study in Science finds. The results suggest that the fewer opportunities a child’s zip code ...

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify ...

In 1998, rabbits burrowing in northern Scotland unearthed a human skull. Two years later, when archaeologists investigated the site, they discovered the remains of two individuals who died roughly ...

Sleep doctors say getting out of bed could help insomnia. Here’s the science behind the 20-minute rule and how to use it.

We tend to assume that emotionally charged words are more likely to grab our attention. An insult shouted across a crowded room or a disturbing phrase overheard on television can seem impossible to ...

If a kid in your life keeps chanting “Tralalero Tralala” or “Bombardiro Crocodilo,” you’ve been hit by Italian brain rot.

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Filmmaker Derrick Borte sat down with Men's Journal for an in-depth talk on his new action movie, 'The Get Out'.