A new generation of small electric vehicles is betting Americans are ready to rethink how they get around. But there's one big obstacle: roads built for much larger cars.

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.

A California bill would allow "not ultraprocessed" labels on foods, even as scientists debate definitions and courts question the legality of similar laws.

Making the healthiest choice the easiest choice.

How should planners identify and emulate success? The best advice on this topic dates back to 1932, when Louis Brandeis described the U.S. states as laboratories of democracy.

Millennial potato subsidy

Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own.

There is a social cost to many modern conveniences.

Certain foods and dietary patterns may help you fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.

University students who are highly motivated to watch sports online do not report higher participation in exercise.

Jonathan Stray and Renée DiResta introduce MySky, a feed that shows its work

A new research review reveals what we lose when we give up reading.

More and more Americans are taking GLP-1 drugs; the current estimate is 11%. This causes a big problem for the food industry.  Eating less is bad for business. Here are some of the ways the food industry is responding. Analyzing the GLP-1 consumer Overturning 7 industry assumptions about the GLP-1 consumer: The newest evidence challenges some of the food industry’s most comfortable conclusions about GLP-1 consumers...

Your ‘health age’ is just your age.

Fatigue is extraordinarily common among U.S. adults, and researchers say it’s also associated with depression, anxiety, and cognitive difficulties.

What can we learn from the European cities Americans love to visit?

New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development.

The drop in soda purchases is meaningful, but not enormous, one of the study's authors said.

Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

We know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.

The lawsuit alleged that Meta knowingly designed platforms like Instagram and Facebook to addict children, despite knowing about the harms the platforms could pose to young users.

This, from the New York Times on August 21. Here's the headline: A sales growth of ONLY 2.6% dropped Walmart's stock by 9%. OK, Walmart isn't all about food, but it has larger food sales than any other place by a wide margin. As I keep saying, I'm not against profit. But the idea that 2.6% growth is insufficient to please stockholders explains everything about what's wrong with our food system.

The quest for the optimal amount of shut-eye

“Pervert” glasses are making jobs weird and putting workers on edge.

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

Is it possible to measure the impact that food and entertainment have on our health? Researchers believe they've found the formula.

Colorado biotech Enveda reports preliminary results on a drug to help people maintain weight loss after GLP-1 use. Just don't call it exercise in a pill.

Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.

Purpose Determine feasibility of estimating economic externalities associated with influences that products of individual corporations have on their customers’ ...

The plight of owning “pervert glasses” when you’re not a pervert.

The United States has not produced a national noise health burden estimate using disability-adjusted life year methodology. We quantified the population health burden of transportation noise across th...

Yes. But perhaps best not to overthink it

Children who attend high-quality pre-k are more likely to succeed in school, go on to stable jobs and earn more as adults—all of which are linked to better health and stronger communities.

Is the responsible tech movement going through a reset?

Is it possible to measure the impact that food and entertainment have on our health? Researchers believe they've found the formula.