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Missing Dartmouth College student Kexin Cai was found dead in the Connecticut River after a days-long search.

In an age where our attention is considered a new currency, a constant barrage of distractions make focusing on what’s important to us an endless challenge. Finding Focus, a new mobile app developed by a collaborative team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and The University of Texas at Austin, operates on the premise that,

Believe it or not, not only do a woman’s tears have a scent, but sniffing them can cause a man to be less aggressive. So it is not beauty that soothes a savage breast – it is crying, according to a new Weizmann Institute of Science study which showed that human tears have much more […]

A peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal PLOS Biology last month has found that, despite being odourless, women's tears activate certain human smell receptors and reduce aggression in men.

A new study by Israeli researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science provides a reason for optimism, they say when it comes to helping children suffering emotional problems from experiencing traumatic events. This is especially important in Israel today with countless children affected by the October 7 Hamas massacre, even if only tangentially. The researchers […]