It is no coincidence that the most intelligent people who ever lived often forgot the most basic details about their lives. The way the brain is formed and how it works can help explain this.
Every day, billions of people around the world tie up their running shoes and venture outside, come rain or shine, through the darkest days of winter or the hottest summer days. I wonder, what is…
Women who eat a vegetarian diet have significantly higher risks of suffering a hip fracture compared with peers who eat meat (including poultry) even occasionally, a new study suggests.
The study,…
The dangers of too much sitting are increasingly clear. Research regularly links a sedentary lifestyle (especially long, uninterrupted bouts of sitting) to higher risks of heart disease, stroke,…
The American Heart Association (AHA) has updated its list of essential components for heart and brain health. The organization added sleep duration to its "Life's Simple 7" and renamed the list "Life…
The general thinking is that memory and other brain functions automatically slow with age. But older adults known as "super-agers" have changed that perception. "This group of individuals can…
Robert Goldstein, a hedge fund manager in New York, was getting huge cravings for sweets when he came across a tropical plant called Gymnema sylvestre that works a little like methadone for heroin…
It will be the largest gathering since the inception of the Future Investment Initiative in 2017, with 600 speakers set to address the four-day event and an impressive lineup of attendees
Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order
While the world discusses Beijing's ascendancy and the rivalry among great powers, Tokyo forges its own path—one dotted with patience, discipline, and strength
A string of recent statements from US President Donald Trump, coupled with American naval deployments this month, makes for a compelling case. But could this just be psychological warfare?