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Science is constantly propelling athletes to run faster, jump higher, push harder, and break records. Scientific advances have become suc ...

When the margin of victory is slim, elite athletes look to harness the power of emotions

If there’s one thing humans can’t get enough of, it’s love. The spark of a first kiss, the warm glow of a happy couple — even if ...

A TikTok trend that claims to test if you’re really in love may have some real science behind it.

Tinder told this couple they were less than a mile away and sparked an intercontinental romance.

From Amazon to Angie’s List, Google, Facebook, and Yelp, we live in a world driven by feedback. In the best of circumstances, honest cr ...

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Sleep — we all need it, but most people aren’t getting enough of it. Ideally, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. When we’r ...

For a Philadelphia physician, rest seemed out of the question during the early part of the pandemic. But she learned an important lesson about the need to slow down.

Lose the pillow, and while you're at it, maybe the mattress too. Michael Tetley's 20 year old paper argues for nature-informed sleep positions to eliminate pain.

Americans love their pets — as many as seven out of 10 households are home to cats, dogs, birds… or more unusual animal choices. ...

In some cities, like Philadelphia, people run afoul of the law by keeping chickens. But back in the old days, it was the natural order of things.

When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...

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The new year often feels like a good time to make a fresh start, to tackle some issue that’s giving you grief — eating habits, work-l ...