If you've got a uterus, you've probably heard of menopause. But there's a lot that doesn't get talked about when it comes to this period, or lack thereof. This video is going to break down the real deal with menopause and give you...

If you've ever taken care of a baby, you might have heard that sleeping on the same bed with them, AKA co-sleeping, is a big no-no. But the research into the ins and outs of bed sharing is more complicated than you might...

Who among us hasn't uttered the phrase "I'll sleep when I'm dead"? Well, sleep deprivation can totally kill you. But you might be surprised to learn what the actual cause of death is, and a technique you can use to stay awake for the...

Whether it's lavender aromatherapy to sleep better or a peppermint oil pill for your irritable bowel syndrome, essential oils have a lot of proposed therapeutic uses. Here's where the research stands on those and others like bergamot...

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Today's experts often overwhelm parents and guardians with alarming warnings of treacherous roads ahead for their children, sometimes turning dedication into anxiety and obsessiveness. Instead of chasing trends, psychiatrist Mathilde H....

Internet filmmaker Baron Ryan talks to himself, but he doesn't always like what he has to say. In a funny, existential play (where Ryan plays both himself and his mind), he contemplates the paradox of being a people pleaser, the efficacy...

Two species of Demodex mites specifically inhabit human follicles. And not just some people’s— nearly everyone is thought to host mites. One person’s face might harbor hundreds or even thousands of individual mites. On any given day,...

The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to end on Saturday and negotiations to extend it to a second phase are now at a standstill. During the pause in fighting, some 600,000 Palestinians have returned to...

You’re just one history final away from a relaxing spring break. But you still have so much to study! You decide to follow in the footsteps of many students before you, and pull an all-nighter. So, what happens to your brain when you...

Physicians are increasingly using weight loss drugs to treat obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions in young patients. In the last three years, the number of people between the ages of 12 and 25 using drugs like Wegovy and...

If you've been prescribed an expensive, cumbersome CPAP machine, you might want to know if it actually works. And while sleep doctors insist CPAP is the standard of care, out there in the real world, it's a little more complicated.

If you've ever watched an animal sleep and wondered what they're dreaming about, science has the answers.

Magnesium may be all the rage as a sleep aid, but does it actually work? We decided to dive into the research to find out, and ended up learning a lot about mice along the way.

Research has found that teenagers should be getting eight to ten hours of sleep every night. But many are sleeping far less than that and nearly one in four also suffer from insomnia. William Brangham reports on why it's so hard for so...

Can keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."

Have you heard about this technique called mouth taping, and the claims it can cure everything from asthma to bad breath? We're here to cover what science and peer-reviewed research actually has to say about it.

Sure, potions of invisibility and immortality may be a little hard to come by in the real world, but there's some legit science behind less fantastic ones. Historical sleep and love potions are grounded in science, even if some of the...

It would be a lot easier to study the science of dreaming if we weren’t asleep every time we did it. Why do we dream? What does dreaming do for our brains? How did dreaming evolve? Here’s a look at the current theories from psychology...

An early bird rises with the sun, springing out of bed abuzz with energy. Meanwhile, a night owl groggily rises much later, not hitting their stride until late in the day. How many people are truly night owls or early birds? And are our...

Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of how it temporarily shuts down your brain — until now.

Sleep is complicated. And there's still a lot we don't know about it, but zebrafish larvae are a surprisingly good place to look to learn more about what makes us sleepy.