Here are six straightforward steps to making better decisions and regaining a sense of calm and control. Living with uncertainty is exchausting. Our brains treat it like a threat and trigger us to ...

It’s 1:36 a.m. and I’ve just gotten my daughter back to sleep after she threw up violently. She has no fever, no cough, no shortness of breath, but what if . . . I think it’s food poisoning and not ...

In one research study, participants were given a choice: Either they could pay $38 to guarantee they would get a $50 gift certificate, or they could pay $28 to enter a lottery for a chance to win ...

A new study by neuroscientists shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in distinct ways. Depending on the type of uncertainty, planning and execution of ...

Scientific research is a dynamic process of studying phenomena through creative and systematic investigation. This process integrates new information with existing scientific knowledge. At the core of ...

In our modern world of unprecedented technological and scientific advancements, the idea that specific questions may remain unanswered is deeply unsettling. This discomfort stems from our ...

Many policies -- from medicine to terrorism -- depend on how the general public accepts and understands scientific evidence. People view different branches of sciences as having different amounts of ...