Did anyone else wrap up that Justin Timberlake post and think: “That was awesome!! But how does all this new research – implicating the gut microbiome in the development of neural systems influencing the body’s response to stress – fit in with the current theory that the …

Just when you thought science couldn’t get any sexier, the cool kids go and start talking about microscopic organisms living in your gut. (I know – it’s like, did someone just turn on Nelly, or is it getting hot in here??) First …

Today’s post is brought to you by Academy Award-nominated ’80s music (why??) and my latest rom com obsession: Crazy, Stupid, Love! Super random trivia: “That’s the Power of Love” was featured in Back to the Future and nominated for Best Original Song …

Ok, so there might be a few methodological errors with today’s research approach (for starters, everything I know about my case study I learned through Instagram…). But hey: I just spent five minutes investigating whether or not ‘methodological’ is even a real word (#journalism), so it’s not …

I do this all the time! I tell myself I need to take a blog break to work on other stuff like not being unemployed and homeless but then I research one topic… which makes me curious about another… which leads to one …

You’ve seen the t-shirts, now read the blog! BTW: This post is not sponsored – I just fell victim to a series of (surprisingly effective??) Instagram ads. On a related note, I’m also thinking about buying everybody I know Detox …

There isn’t a single person I’ve talked to about this research who hasn’t been completely surprised, so I’m super excited to share today’s info! *But first: Gold star to whoever bet I couldn’t go more than two sentences in a happiness post without using a Pharrell/Happy …

Since the introduction of Prozac, disability rates due to mental illness have more than doubled. Antidepressant use has increased 400%, yet morbidity and mortality rates due to mental illness haven’t decreased. At all. For the past three years, I’ve tried to figure out why… And …

It’s the study we’ve all been waiting for: Scientific proof that those Pringles commercials weren’t lying! (By the way, did anyone else know that Brad Pitt was in a Pringles commercial?! How did I miss this?!) (It’s ok, take however …

While independent correlations between optimism and physical health have been observed (more on that in an upcoming post – definitely some cool stuff going on with our immune system!), researchers have identified one of the main mechanisms underlying the optimism/good stuff effect – …