Living near other lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people makes LGB people significantly more likely to vote, according to new research published in the Journal of Politics.

In 2016, Poland introduced a nationwide policy eliminating all out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs prescribed by healthcare professionals to individuals aged 75 and older. A new study published in Health Economics finds that the policy reduced average out-of-pocket medication spending by 23% and cut catastrophic drug expenses by 62%, indicating substantial financial protection during major health shocks.

Unchecked use of technology and pandemic isolation have ‘reshaped’ how teenagers develop – but it’s not too late to intervene.

Cars with self-driving features are supposed to promise a safer and more convenient future. But there’s a problem: human brains weren’t designed for the strange new role these vehicles demand of us.

A new Kinsey Institute study is the first to quantify how often people experience passionate love over a lifetime. Surveying more than 10,000 U.S. adults, researchers found that passionate love typically occurs only a few times, while more than one in ten adults report they have never experienced it. Better understanding how passionate love emerges across the lifespan provides important context for how people think about romance and the expectations they hold around relationships. Per the Singles in America 2025 survey, 60% of U.S. singles described themselves as very romantic, and a majority endorsed ideas like love at first sight and destiny. 

Largest genetic study to date marks a turning point, as researchers uncover the genetic roots of anxiety disorders.

New research from the University of Rochester has found that social media echo chambers might not be a fact of online life. Published in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, the study argues that they are partly a design choice—one that could be softened with a surprisingly modest change: introducing more randomness into what people see.