Echoing concerns that grew with the World Wide Web itself a decade earlier, the rise of social media has stoked fears of “social displacement” -- the alienation of people from friends and family in favor of Facebook and Twitter.

More than 20 years later, platforms for pairing up – and the attitudes toward those who use them – have evolved considerably, said Helen Fisher, member of the Center for Human Evolution Studies in the Department of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain’s structure and hurt one’s ability to remember and learn, indicates groundbreaking research by Michigan State University neuroscientists.

Although many people don’t get enough sleep, a new analysis shows first signs of success in the fight for more shut eye. According to data from 181,335 respondents aged 15 and older who participated between 2003 and 2016, most people averaged an extra 7.5 hours of sleep each year over the 14-year period.

Internet use may decrease the likelihood of a person affiliating with a religious tradition or believing that only one religion is true, according to a Baylor University study.

There are more than eight million species of living things on Earth, but none of them — from 100-foot blue whales to microscopic bacteria — has an advantage over the others in the universal struggle for existence.