Calming us down or revving us up, music can be good for the heart
Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached for the car radio.
"I felt my heartbeat rise,"...
When COVID-19 strikes a family
Fred Godfrey thought the COVID-19 pandemic was “hogwash”, as he put it.
“I didn’t think I needed the stupid mask and that I knew better...
Why we should abolish daylight saving time
Springing forward doesn’t just make for a sleepy Monday morning; it also affects your health and your safety.
That’s why experts are calling for an...
People are fleeing California? Not exactly, says new Berkeley study
Recent reports have suggested that Californians are fleeing the state in droves.
But a new study from the UC Berkeley California Policy Lab finds...
Cuttlefish can pass the ‘snacking test,’ study finds
A popular TikTok challenge has evolved in which kids resist eating snacks; a new study finds that cuttlefish can do the same.
According to the...
Is Bitcoin a bubble? Yale economist explains
The price of a single Bitcoin reached a peak of $57,489 on February 21, and remains up more than 700% since the beginning of...
Scientists find four causes of “Zoom fatigue” and their simple fixes
It is not just Zoom.
Popular video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust the human mind and body. But there are easy ways...
Like it or not, taxes and bureaucracy are cornerstones of democracy, shows history
The media has been rife with stories about democracy in decline: the recent coup in Myanmar, the ascent of strongman Narendra Modi in India,...
Over 20.5 million years of life may have been lost due to COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that over 20.5 million years of life may have been lost due to COVID-19 globally, with an average...
We may owe Tom Hanks for a bit of COVID awareness
Tom Hanks’ announcement of his COVID-19 diagnosis on March 11, 2020 may have affected how some people understood the virus and their behavior toward...