About one in four single adults say they would turn down their perfect match if that person showed up tomorrow, according to a new nationwide survey of nearly 5,000 singles. Instead of jumping into a ...

People reach for a book to calm down more often than they reach for a glass of wine or a hot bath, according to a new editorial pulling together decades of research on reading and mental health. One ...

A Detroit Lions fan who walked into Ford Field in 2015 with a hundred-dollar bill could cover a ticket, a beer, a hot dog and a shared parking pass, with about two dollars left over. Ten years later, ...

Whether someone is the life of the party or the one who reads the room before speaking, science has long assumed personality comes down mostly to upbringing and life experience. A massive new genetic ...

Every few months, a major artist drops a new album, and millions of fans reach for their phones to stream it. That moment of excitement, it turns out, may come with a hidden cost. A new study in JAMA ...

Chest pain strikes without warning. An ambulance rushes the patient to the hospital, and doctors immediately suspect a heart attack. The usual next step is invasive: threading a catheter into the ...

Married couples who exercise, whether together or alone, report better communication, fewer serious arguments, and a stronger ability to resolve conflict, according to a new study published in Family ...

Hearing a voice when no one is there. Feeling an overwhelming sense of love or awe with no clear cause. Sensing the presence of something, or someone, that cannot be seen. Millions of people worldwide ...

Viagra has been quietly racking up a second résumé. Best known for treating erectile dysfunction, sildenafil turns out to have a separate, previously unrecognized effect inside cancer cells: it ...

With the exception of “Quality of City Services” score, all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that city, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric ...

Most people assume slowing biological aging requires something drastic: years of strict dieting, grueling exercise, or an expensive supplement stack. A small new trial published in the journal Aging ...

There’s a reason a grandparent’s record collection feels so different from what’s topping the charts today, and it goes beyond sound. Over the past six decades, the words woven into popular music have ...