Lindsay Abrams

Remember that time you didn't use a condom, and thought it was way better? You were wrong. More »

One bioethicist's modest proposal to combat obesity through socially motivated self-hatred More »

I could just eat you up! More »

Loneliness is associated with weaker immune systems, greater sensitivity to physical pain, and other health measures that imply that at some point even our own bodies reject us. More »

The curious connection between an invasive beetle that has destroyed over 100 million trees, and subsequent heart disease and pneumonia in human populations nearby More »

Today's Bieber fans are tomorrow's upstanding citizens. More »

Designers dreamed up patient records that can actually help and serve patients. More »

Powder-fresh underarms are a cultural construct, man. More »

An empirical evaluation of materialism More »

An online game elucidates the ways we calculate risk. More »

A stabbing, a shooting, and an uneasy relationship with the mentally ill haunts a city. More »

Unrestrained online behavior leads to real world risks. More »

The movement to encourage -- and contain -- social dieting More »

The new only-child generation grew up to be less trusting, more risk-averse, less competitive, more pessimistic, less conscientious, and it appears, more neurotic. More »

It's called "contextual jitter" -- in the time it takes to silence your cell phone, you've already lost track of what you were doing. More »

A list of the occupations most likely to attract psychopaths consists of interesting observations, but no clinical diagnoses. More »

Some people just need to be eased into it. More »

Fecal incontinence is common after bariatric surgery. Don't make fun. More »

Another way we're making sure people have end-of-life care directives More »

The social and biological factors that affect a voice's gender More »