News

  1. Psychology

    People will take pain over being left alone with their thoughts

    Evidence suggests that people dislike solitary thought so much that some prefer electric shocks.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Supercooling makes livers for transplants last longer

    Supercooling a rat liver for transplant greatly increased an organ’s survival time outside the body, potentially opening the door for global allocation of human organs.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  3. Neuroscience

    Autism may carry a benefit: a buffer against Alzheimer’s

    Brain plasticity of people with autism may protect them from Alzheimer’s disease, scientists propose.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Life

    Tibetans live high life thanks to extinct human relatives

    DNA shared by modern-day Tibetans and extinct Denisovans suggests people picked up helpful genes through interbreeding with other hominids.