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A romantic partner’s drinking habits, personality traits, and mental health can affect how much you drink, and even how strongly genetics influence your drinking behavior.

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Preschool children who eat more ultra-processed foods show higher levels of anxiety, aggression, and behavioral difficulties.

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Counterproductive behaviors often start as small adaptations to pressure. High-pressure environments can shift creativity ...

Most of our daily actions may happen without much thought. Researchers found that around 65% of everyday behaviors are triggered automatically by habit rather than conscious decisions. Many of these ...

For the first time, researchers in France and Israel have observed how an emulsified liquid droplet can transform from a ...

In the increasingly competitive streaming landscape, music catalogs are becoming a vital component of content strategy.

"Your behavior with this mystery person is bizarre, that's the only thing that's actually bizarre, Aaron Rodgers, is that you ...