An addiction psychiatrist explains why smoking raises the risks from COVID-19 and how to quit.
With vast swaths of society forced to work from home, people with disabilities can overcome many of the challenges they…
As most of the world early awaits a vaccine for COVID-19, a smaller group of people scoffs. They could spell real trouble…
There's a disconnect between how many low-wage workers are being described, and what they're experiencing on the…
Reopening state economies too soon risks a second wave of the pandemic, and a surge in medical costs. Anyone who pays insurance…
From livening up household chores to connecting kids with relatives who are far away, music can a play a vital role.
Human psychology has evolved to avoid situations that could lead to infection. Behavioral choices now could have long-term…
The movies make it seem like someday we'll be able to make people and objects grow really big or shrink really small.…
Leaders who exude empathy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis are experiencing surges in popularity. President Donald Trump's…
Conducting interviews over Zoom from your own home can add extra anxiety to an already-stressful act.
After a 5-year review, the EPA is leaving US standards for fine particle air pollution unchanged, even though recent studies…
We sorely miss our regular haunts during the coronavirus lockdown not only because we like them but also because a healthy…
Emily Klancher Merchant, a historian of science and technology at the University of California at Davis, shares some of…
A scholar of social participation finds shared themes across protests in many states, not all of which fit common popular…
Some members of Congress want to grant businesses total immunity from coronavirus-related civil liability. A legal scholar…
The World Health Organization is not a disease police force but more of a diplomatic group, aiming to bring countries together…
What drives people to garden isn't the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact – and a longing to engage…
Children are always brimming with curiosity about things that most adults take for granted.