Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Hutcheson teaches leadership at Purdue University. In biology, nothing changes all at once. A single cell fires, a chemical ...

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset is a public, cross-sectional, countrywide, two-year cycled survey which collects demographic, socioeconomic, health, and ...

Human behavior is a tapestry woven from culture, environment, and biology. Among the most intriguing aspects of this tapestry is risk-taking—those bold, sometimes reckless decisions that can lead to ...

Need of a scientific approach -- An invitation to scientists -- Normality and the meaning of the social neurosis -- The right-wrong dichotomy in human behavior -- Biological and cultural ...

A new study published in Biological Reviews critically examines the parallels and key differences between human migration and biological invasions. Bringing together experts from both the natural and ...

Geroscience shifts the medical focus from treating individual diseases to targeting the fundamental biological drivers of aging. Cellular senescence involves aging cells that cease division but ...

The field of behavioral economics is facing several challenges and opportunities this century; the discipline is trying to find its own identity and position within science and applications. This ...

Together, these efforts aim to decode the inner workings of human biology and enable scientific and medical breakthroughs. "When I worked as a pediatrician at UCSF, I treated children with diseases ...