Tag: stress

New robot uses animal-inspired motion to help you feel less stressed.

When you're stressed, few things feel better than indulging in some comfort food. But while most comfort foods aren't the ...

It could help to engineer crops that can better cope with extreme weather.

Few people actually enjoy their commutes. But the ones who do have a better experience at work.

Such research can make us better understand how depression arises in the brain.

All it takes is that little bit of extra pressure.

It works incredibly fast -- in mice, so far.

Though to be fair, aren’t we all at risk of that currently?

No wonder I feel like I’ve been hit in the head every day.

Sometimes, taking a break is the way forward.

People dealing with stress and depression as a result of past trauma may experience poorer brain performance.

An ancient mechanism meant to keep us alive can overwhelm us in today's world.

Our mental state does have an effect on the hair, it seems.

Bliss, it seems, may actually come in a pill after all.

Are you a student struggling with unbearable amounts of stress? Nature can help.

The best course of action in such situations is simply to avoid places that could make you 'sin'.

In the future, humans might be protected by vaccines against stress like they are now from the flu.

Dogs are deeply empathetic creatures.

Hands up if you think you'd get the maximum result!

You seem them in every corporate office but do these squishy foam balls actually relieve stress?

Stress -- we're all familiar with it. Let's have a detailed look at its effects.

In poverty, there is no room for error -- and no room for risk.

Sorry ladies.

Couples looking to conceive might want to try some stress management first.

It's a growing trend that confirms Americans are getting very stressed.

This is especially true among older or sicker people.

With great empathy comes great stress as well!

Pocillopora damicornis -- one of the most abundant and widespread reef-building corals in the world -- may help us better understand ...

Turns out "I'm hangry" is a legitimate excuse after all.

There are plenty of jokes about how marriage will end your life -- but the science says that the union ...

Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.

Waking up on the wrong side of the bead is a real thing.

Silver linings!

This explains why some people fail exams despite having studied for it.

Use this power for good!

Stress and memory don't mix very well.

Smell seems to be the easiest way to hack a brain.

Time to hit the gym!

Stress can trigger changes in the bacterial colonies that occupy the gut, similarly to obesity.

That's not necessarily a good thing, however.

Stress -- it's never good for you. But sometimes, it's worse.

Get your kids a dog.

We're still not sure if it happens in women too.

Truth be told, sex improves most experiences.

New research has found evidence of emotional burden sharing (also known as load sharing) between partners in a close relationship. ...

If you find it hard to focus, you're feeling a lack of enthusiasm or simply are stressed, a walk during ...

When males get more stressed, they tend to become more self centered, losing some of the ability to distinguish their ...

Study suggests that children in homes with stressed parents are more likely to gain weight. Photo courtesy of The Guardian ...

Despite all the related problems which contribute to obesity such as stress , the main cause is... eating too much. ...

Society today is becoming ever stressed out it seems. According to a recent American Psychological Association poll, nearly a quarter of ...