Is Talking To Yourself Normal?

Most people engage in some form of self-dialogue, but research says what you say is more important than how often you talk to yourself. Read More

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Plant life first emerged on land about 550 million years ago, and an international research team co-led by University of Nebraska–Lincoln computational biologist Yanbin Yin has cracked the ... Read More

Super-Quiz for Science

A version of this article appears in the February 2, 1952 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers ... Read More

The science is in: Being good is actually good for you

Matthieu Ricard, author of Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Transform Ourselves and the World The science is in: being good is actually ... of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World ... Read More

Will An Alien Understand 'Hello' If I Just Wave At It? Physicist Says Talking To ETs Might Be Easier Than Expected

While scientists (both from research organizations and the backyard ones) peer through their telescopes each night to catch an Extra-Terrestrial (ET) waving at them, Carroll thinks it is “not a very ... Read More

How To Train Your Brain To Truly Enjoy Exercise, According To Science

Monitoring with a tracker can also allow you to see the work you’re putting in, which improves mindset around fitness and, therefore, happiness pertaining to exercise, found a study in the Journal of ... Read More

Science and Religion

A version of this article appears in the December 10, 1927 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers ... Read More

Why good science is needed more than ever, and so is good faith

The following is an excerpt from Paul Sutter's Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Read More

Science Friday

Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science ... climate reporter at MIT Technology Review, to talk through some climate solutions news and other top science stories of the ... Read More

Stop using these 5 toxic phrases the most successful people never say to themselves: Psychologist at Yale

Most people have a toxic relationship with themselves, says Yale lecturer Emma Seppälä. But you can replace these self-criticisms with healthier expressions. Read More

Technology News

The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine ... Read More

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Alessio Porcelli has published ... Vast DNA tree of life for plants revealed by global science team using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code A new paper published today (April 24) in the journal ... Read More