In last month’s column I discussed the importance of uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact for newborn babies. What is extraordinary about this magical first hour after birth is that, if left ...

Those who chanted the F-word waited longer before indicating they felt pain—in other words, the swearing increased their ...

Speaking of amazing characters, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gave me an attachment to its cast in a different way. It was a ...

A new study suggests that swearing helps people “not hold back,” boosting physical performance by nudging the brain into a ...

Traditional analog political systems in Nepal are increasingly incompatible with the cyber-augmented citizenry, requiring a ...

One prominent theory suggests hiccups are a vestige of early vertebrate evolution, from a time when animals were transitioning from water to land. These early creatures often had both gills and ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

The ultimate “One More Turn…” game is back, guaranteed to keep the dedicated civ player in your life awake for many, many sleep-reduced nights over the months and years to come. As the big daddy of 4X ...

Have you ever wondered why your leg kicks when the doctor taps your knee with that little rubber hammer? It's because of your reflex. A reflex is an involuntary (say: in-VAHL-un-ter-ee), or automatic, ...

Background and objectives: Hyperekplexia and the stiff-man syndrome (SMS) are both conditions with exaggerated startle suggesting abnormal brainstem function. Investigation of brainstem reflexes may ...