As I’ve discussed previously, conventional wisdom suggests that using social media promotes poor mental health, especially in teenagers. But there is good reason to question this idea. As more ...

Biologists at Georgia Tech have provided scientific support for a controversial hypothesis that has divided biologists for two years. Biologists at Georgia Tech have provided scientific support for a ...

How can we explain the fact that no single species predominates? A generally accepted hypothesis is that a trade-off exists between organisms able to acquire and consume more food than other when ...

Alzheimer’s disease is by far the most common cause of dementia, a progressive decline in brain function most common among the elderly. In America more than 6m people live with the disease, at a cost ...