Adam Piore

The rapidly growing field of "canine cognition" is revealing new insights about the often-enigmatic behaviors of our fabulous furry four-legged friends.

The new science of nutrition promises customized dietary recommendations designed to keep you healthy and to ward off disease.

More than 40 percent of everything we do—from washing dishes to spreading misinformation— is habitual. Science has some ideas about how to do better.

Tantalizing new findings suggest that Neanderthals, our human cousins, are a lot like us. How, then, did we manage to win the evolutionary competition?

Loneliness among teens has reached crisis levels, experts say, but overly rigid schools and the culture wars aren't helping.

Some patients trying to quit anti-depressant drugs experience withdrawal effects that linger for months, even years. Newsweek spoke with a leading researcher about how to avoid them.

Popular meds work no better than a placebo for depression and can come with severe withdrawal symptoms. Why do doctors prescribe them to 43 million Americans?

China is aggressively trying to expand its power by dominating Big Data. How President Biden responds will have broad implications for the economy and privacy.

Medical care in a post-Roe world includes tense legal discussions and tortured delays that are not in the best interests of patients.

A small army of aid workers, child protection specialists and social workers have mobilized to help children escape the worst effects of conflict.

As climate change triggers sea-level rise and extreme weather, even New York, one of the world's best prepared cities, may not be doing enough

The U.S. is coming after Russian oligarchs who hide their money in luxury New York real estate. But finding those assets won't be easy.

Explosive growth in "ultra-processed" foods that bear little resemblance to anything natural is behind a panoply of diseases. Policymakers are taking notice

The risks of COVID for kids may be higher than previously believed. But many parents are reluctant to get their child vaccinated—even as FDA approval seems imminent.

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," is now undergoing clinical trials. If all goes well, treatments could be available by 2024.

Children's emotional health has been suffering since COVID. As in-person learning resumes, here's what science says about how kids—and adults—can bounce back.

The return to in-person learning this year comes with more anxiety than usual. Here's what three leading experts say about how parents and teachers can help.

Even as scientists race to develop booster shots and tweak existing vaccines to work against new variants to SARS2, they're looking ahead to future pandemics caused by entirely new pathogens from the same coronavirus family.

A new study on MDMA, or "Ecstasy," and PTSD patients shows the potency of powerful new treatments based on psychedelic drugs.

Biotech startups are trying to hack the process of aging and, in the process, stave off the most devastating diseases

The crypto-currency is once again on the rise, but this time it's not the little people who are driving the train, it's the billionaires and big banks.

Some expectant couples are hesitant about the vaccine, but they may be putting themselves and their babies at risk. Evidence increasingly suggests pregnant women are at greater risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms.

A rise in strange neurological symptoms such as psychosis, tremors, extreme fatigue, phantom smells, dizziness, and "brain fog" suggest that COVID-19 attacks the brain. The long-term implications are worrisome.

President Joe Biden needs to stop talking about "unity" and instead focus attention on "toxic polarization," says psychologist and mediator Peter Coleman, who advises the administration.

After a string of demoralizing failures, Alzheimer's researchers now think they're on track to deliver effective treatments. The big question: How soon will they come?

As the covid crisis fuels a surge in overdoses, scientists race to halt addiction at its source: the brain.

As a new COVID surge hits the Sun Belt, the quality of care in top hospitals in places like Phoenix, Jacksonville and Houston is likely to be far better today than it was for patients in early hotspots.

The COVID-19 pandemic will trigger a "tsunami" of suicides, drug overdoses, domestic violence and depression, experts say.

Doctors in ERs and ICUs are trying new approaches and using social media and email chains to help each other learn on the fly.

"The pace of the scientific research has been really at a breathtaking speed," says Angela Rasmussan, a virologist and research scientist at Columbia University. "It's unprecedented."