Toronto researchers using MRI have found that the way formerly depressed people's brains react to sad movies is a reliable predictor of their likelihood to relapse.

The field of psychology appears to be way overinvested in lab studies and strikingly underinvested in field studies. Should researchers get out in the real world more?

Memory is not a filing cabinet nor a videotape but fragmentary, malleable, and untrustworthy. Hence the introduction of radical new eyewitness testimony rules.

Neuropsychiatry now not only better understands psychological resilience, but how to improve it. That's good news for anyone coping with stress, not just those with disorders.

Scientists once said Neanderthals and modern humans never mated, then that they had but the surviving Neanderthal genes were not functional. Now they say we can thank them for key immune genes.

There are 198 drugs—including critically needed antibiotics, cancer drugs, diuretics, sedatives, stimulants and vaccines—in short supply in the U.S.

Signs often have an effect opposite to that intended. The problem is that to persuade people not to do something, you first have to raise the issue, increasing its salience in their minds.

Two prominent tobacco researchers have argued against adopting a "well-meaning" health policy that would see adult movie ratings in the U.S. for films with on-screen smoking.

In a controversial new book, clinical neuroscientist Daniel Amen sayd that the key to weight loss is first to identify which type of over-eater you are, otherwise your diet won't work.

It is the premise of the course that there are precious few important ideas relevant beyond their specific disciplines, but that it is these very ideas that are the foundation of a modern education.    

The first human-like robot, named R2, was sent to space this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by […]

It's not the technical challenge posed by dealing with an asteroid collision with Earth but the social and political issues that most trouble us. Inevitably, an Earth-shaking rock will hit again.

A Russian company has revealed plans for a space hotel. It will cost $785,000 for two days on a Soyuz rocket to it and a 5-day stay will rack about up about $157,000.

King Farm in Rockville, Md., could be an example of 'new urbanism' and 'smart growth' but instead locals are opposing one of the key elements—a central shuttle train.

Word is China's first full-fledged space station could launch this month. Is it part of a bid to become a world strategic power or a modest increment in space prowess without military meaning?  

The “democratization” of space, including more involvement of amateur astronomers, is underway thanks to a ballooning and publicly accessible global astronomical database.

In the information age, there is power in being able to reduce a complex problem into simple steps and take decisive action to make it happen. Seizing opportunity is simpler than it seems, says Mark Cenedella, founder of the TheLadders.

What a wonderful surprise it is for us to find today that Time magazine has rated Big Think number 1 in News & Info in its list of The 50 […]

Genome sequencing now costs less than $10,000, but some experts predict the price soon will drop below $1,000. How will this change medicine and how will it affect you?

Scientists have provided the first direct biological evidence for a genetic contribution to intelligence in humans. It will also enhance learning on how to maintain intellectual abilities.