Whether someone is the life of the party or the one who reads the room before speaking, science has long assumed personality comes down mostly to upbringing and life experience. A massive new genetic ...

Ask a random adult to name the three branches of government, and there’s a real chance they’ll draw a blank. A new nationwide survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of ...

About one in four single adults say they would turn down their perfect match if that person showed up tomorrow, according to a new nationwide survey of nearly 5,000 singles. Instead of jumping into a ...

Lycopene has long taken credit for the tomato’s reputation as a health food. But new research out of Tufts University points to a colorless, overlooked relative of lycopene called phytoene, and the ...

For decades, autism has been treated as a condition that mostly affects boys. New research suggests that idea is falling apart, and fast, at least when it comes to how many women and girls are now ...

An aging parent who spends the day in a dim living room, curtains half-drawn, lamps left off until evening, might be quietly working against their own health. A new study of 202 older adults across ...