SCIENCE

We may now know how the placebo effect relieves pain

A section of a mouse brain viewed on a slideStu Gray / Alamy A newly identified brain pathway in mice could explain why placebos, or interventions designed to have no therapeutic effect, still relieve pain. Developing drugs that target this...

NATURE

Every part of you

You meet the You Who Said Yes in front of a pretzel-dog stand in the run-down mall near your house. Usually she brims with effervescence, a joy that sparkles out of every pore the way bubbles fizzle and pop from...

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