The Gut Microbiome and Mental Health: Implications for Anxiety- and Trauma-Related Disorders

Systematic review involving ~7500 users finds that inauthentic self-presentation on Facebook is linked with social anxiety, low self-esteem, neuroticism + narcissim

Pain patients who used both opioids and cannabis, 92% overwhelmingly prefer the latter

Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species

Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species

Taking a break from Facebook has positive effects on the two dimensions of well-being: our life satisfaction increases and our emotions become more positive, with these effects significantly greater for heavy Facebook users…

Academia is sacrificing its scientific integrity for research funding and higher rankings in a "climate of perverse incentives and hypercompetition"

A New Constraint on the Drake Equation

Ionic Strength Is a Barrier to the Habitability of Mars

Family rejection may more than triple suicide attempt risk by transgender individuals

New interpretation of Drake equation says its virtually impossible that we are the only ones to form technological civilization in the Universe.

Repeated impacts to the heads of high school football players cause measurable changes in their brains, even when no concussion occurs, according to new research.

Frequent Social Networking Associated with Poor Functioning Among Children

A Minimal Architecture for Human Journeys to Mars

Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived C. elegans worms

Habitable evaporated cores: Transforming mini-Neptunes into super-Earths in the habitable zones of M dwarfs

Denying Rape but Endorsing Forceful Intercourse: 1 In 3 college men say they would 'force sex with a women' if they could get away with it; when language is changed to 'rape'…

The Scientific Quest for Lasting Youth: Prospects for Curing Aging

Is Online Better Than Offline for Meeting Partners? Depends [pdf]

Study Suggests Acting Immorally In Video Games Actually Makes Players More Moral

Reading novels, or narrative stories, increases connectivity in certain regions of our brains for several days after we've finished it.