Michele W. Berger

On many farms in the Cuban countryside, yellow flowers bookend certain crops, placed in such a way to concentrate insects there rather than on the produce growing in the rows between. Equipment-toting oxen and tractors are equally common sights, and combined with a self-sustaining water system, minimize the need to transport fuel across great distances.

Some people are more impulsive than others.

Public discussion about food policy often lands on either end of a wide spectrum, with obesity, overeating, and unhealthy diets on one side, and hunger and food insecurity on the other.

In a small conference room in the basement of a hotel, four comedians, two psychologists, a cartoonist and a seven-time New Yorker caption contest winner sit around a U-shaped table.

Viewing an action — for example, biting or kicking or punching — in a photo versus a video doesn’t change the understanding of what’s taking place, according to new research from University of Pennsylvania psychologists Russell Epstein,

Humans can recognize an action like biting regardless of whether they see a man eating a sandwich or a dog gnawing on a bone. But what in the brain helps to explain the innate similarities of the two, and does this reasoning change depending on the visual cues?

What are the best practices for weaning a toddler from breastfeeding, and what role can health-care providers play in helping nursing mothers to do so?

What role do the arts and humanities play in human flourishing?

Between 60 and 70 percent of patients who undergo a thoracotomy, or a surgical incision into the chest wall, experience some sort of long-term, post-surgical pain.

Given the choice between receiving $20 immediately or $40 a month from now, which would you pick?