No one mourns the wicked – and no child should read it either. Before there was the movie Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, there was the Broadway musical Wicked, which is based on Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, based on in L. Frank […]

If your period is a real pain, something else could be entirely to blame. While there are many reproductive issues that can lead to worse periods—fibroids, endometriosis, and cervical stenosis, to name a few—new research suggests that another issue may be a big reason behind menstrual problems. According to a new study, women with depression […]

Do you think you are bad? Science may tell you otherwise. A new study, published as a pre-print paper on PsyArXiv, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has revealed the strict criteria that make a person evil. Over 2,000 people took part in questionnaires about what they thought it meant to be mean, allowing researchers […]

It was a fun night – but you wake up the next morning with a sense of dread, feeling anxious about what you said and did the night before. You may not have done anything to be ashamed, but this “anxiety” is no joke – and it depends on how alcohol affects your brain and […]

Blast from the past. 150-year-old love notes written by high school students were found on the floor of a Maine school, according to the Bangor Daily News. Preservation contractor Lee Hoagland began working on the University of Southern Maine Academy building in 2022, and over the course of a year he found letters hidden in […]

There are no shortcuts to good sex. Despite a long-held theory among men that having more testosterone equates to a stronger sex drive, evidence of its impact on sexual performance is weak, according to a new study. There are more than 10 million men in the US living with erectile dysfunction – and many more […]