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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Usually, individuals don’t want to be angry. In a group, however, negative emotions can rile the tribe. On the streets of London, Ed Coper felt it first hand ...

Contrary to popular belief, psychology reveals that behaviors like talking to oneself and swearing might indicate higher ...

The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it pulls this off. Scientists discovered that brain regions operate on different ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the little-understood phenomenon of critical-period closure. In the months or years after ...

AI is rapidly reshaping every profession, but the real casualty may not be our jobs. It may be our sense of purpose and ...

These psychic experiments began in 1924, when Gleb Bokii, head of the special section of the Soviet secret police, opened a ...