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Health and science startups could be uniquely positioned to dupe investors and the public, experts say
Ioannidis, along with investors, psychologists, and other researchers, told Business Insider that t…
Erin Brodwin,Allana Akhtar  Â
People are paying $10,000 to trip on magic mushrooms at a retreat in Jamaica. But past struggles with safety and staffing show the difficulty of taking psychedelics mainstream.
MycoMeditations is a psychedelic-retreat company in Jamaica, that facilitates 10-day trips where at…
Julia Naftulin  Â
Teens with controlling parents struggle to build strong relationships and succeed in education
A study published in the Child Development scientific journal showed that overbearing parenting mig…
Shira Feder  Â
Astronauts often describe a powerful 'overview effect' when gazing at Earth. Here's what it is and why it may be essential to space missions.
When you live and work in space, as astronauts do, the sensation of awe and wonder at how finite an…
Dave Mosher  Â
Florence Nightingale wanted much more than applause. So do the nurses working during the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 was always going to be a big year for nursing: on May 12, it was the 200th anniversary of the …
Mia de Graaf  Â
This psychologist charges $500 an hour for 'mirror therapy.' Here's how it works.
Tara Well officially developed the practice of mirror meditation a few years ago, but she's been do…
Shira Feder  Â
Psychologists debunk 25 mental-health myths
Goorin: There's a big myth, actually, even within the mental-health field saying that there are pro…
David Anderson,Benji Jones,Be…  Â
An app that promises to treat a common and debilitating condition just got $8 million to break into the US market - and it's the latest sign of how tech is reshaping healthcare
"Kaia Health has taken a technology-led approach to create a digital therapeutic that will make tre…
Clarrie Feinstein  Â
The Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard may be the world's "happiest man," according to science
And even about money, I like very much the study that was done by social psychologist in Canada, an…
Richard Feloni,Daniel Richards  Â
Microsoft spent 2 years trying to crack the science of teamwork. Here's how any company can use the tech giant's findings to get the most out of their employees.
Other research suggests that companies with fixed mindsets tend to have a few "star" employees whos…
Shana Lebowitz  Â
11 incredible psychological tricks to get people to do what you want
One study, cited in the book "You Are Not So Smart," found that participants playing the ultimatum …
Shana Lebowitz  Â
Our brains sometimes create 'false memories' - but science suggests we could be better off this way
"As we age, we rely more on gist and less on verbatim," Reyna said. "Almost everything important ha…
Lindsay Dodgson  Â
Research suggests psychopaths might be able to understand other people's feelings after all - but only when it benefits them
In the study, the team were given permission to study inmates at maximum security prisons in Connec…
Lindsay Dodgson  Â
Bill Gates says this new book is his all-time favorite - and it reveals a striking change in the death risks Americans face
In his book, Pinker highlights other statistics that suggest significant social improvement worldwi…
Jeremy Berke  Â
Here's why Olympic athletes are wearing strange tape that looks like a tattoo - and what we know about how it works
At least one review in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that "Kinesio taping is superio…
Kevin Loria  Â
A Stanford researcher is pioneering a dramatic shift in how we treat depression - and you can now try her new app
"There's a real divide between the very in-depth analyses of academia, where it's very slow, and i…
Erin Brodwin  Â
A study of 50,000 people is the best evidence yet that personality changes throughout your life
These trends appeared at nearly every stage of the 14 studies and held mostly steady across differe…
Chris Weller  Â
A startup aims to help the 18 million US men diagnosed with erectile dysfunction pay attention to their 'check-engine light'
"But then saying something to the effect of, 'When you masturbate, are you able to maintain and ach…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
A Google employee was fired after blaming biology for tech's gender gap - here's what he got wrong about the science
A 2000 review of at 10 studies related to gender differences in empathy also suggests men and women…
Dana Varinsky  Â
The Surprisingly Simple Mix Of Qualities That Make People Influential
The trouble is it's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to portray both at once. Acting in a wa…