Fathers profoundly influence their sons' development between ages 12 and 16, as boys learn crucial life lessons by observing ...

Lancet Commission set out the urgent need for a great food transformation to feed a growing global population a healthy and nutritious diet while staying within planetary boundaries.1,2 More than 6 ...

Sexting isn’t just for youth or inherently risky—research shows it can boost intimacy and well-being, and that real harm comes from consent violations and abuse.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a state-based membership organisation that facilitates cooperation in Southeast Asia. Over the past two decades, ASEAN has strengthened its ...

We are regularly bombarded with information about a steep drop in attention spans. Based on its own data in 2015, Microsoft reported that the average attention span had dropped from about 12 seconds ...

Some plants and fungi naturally resemble meat. But scientists and entrepreneurs are going a step further to design an even meatier plant-based alternative. Sulphur shelf mushrooms—also called "chicken ...

New research by Štulhofer and colleagues (2025) presents the novel construct of positive sexual aging and explains their measure of sexuality for older adults. Background Although sexuality is linked ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Matt Sutton, chief of staff for Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin, says the city is having good conversations with the owner of the Town Center Mall property and what the future ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the U.S. After sweeping along the Gulf ...

On a special episode (first released on August 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Is coolness just a vibe—or something deeper? A new global study spanning 12 countries finds surprising common traits ...

Public health involves a collective social effort to enhance health and prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases. Public health fulfills its mission through organized, interdisciplinary ...