It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So ...

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The ...

An influencer is wearing a stylish, never-before-seen top. You must have it. Soon, you see online ads with a top close to what the online star was wearing — and it’s affordable. You order, and you’re ...

Why did you choose your major?: I took an introductory nutrition course and absolutely fell in love with the fact that nutrition is the basis for preventing chronic diseases. Serving as a teaching ...

Behavioral economics studies how psychological tendencies influence economic decisions and outcomes. Concepts such as loss aversion and bounded rationality explain why people evaluate outcomes ...

We argue that while profound dietary change and systemic transformation are widely acknowledged as urgent, current behavioral science approaches remain too incremental and hesitant to meet the scale ...

The Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences welcomes new faculty member Devon Tapp as an assistant professor and director of the Health Coaching program for the spring 2026 semester. From ...

Behavior is at the heart of nearly every challenge in the workplace, from leadership and fair decisions to high performance and AI adoption. But how should organizations go about influencing behavior?

Ask most conservationists to talk about their impact, and you’ll hear stories of forests protected, of species saved, or of new technologies making a difference. But if you take a step back from those ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

Eight leaders from Harvard Medical School, Stanford, IBM Watson and major media innovators unite to architect the next generation of personalized wellness, bridging the gap between what science knows ...