What shapes our self-esteem? Our self-views, or others' opinions? Brain scans show how low self-esteem is wired in the brain.

Attachment styles—secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized—impact relationship dynamics. Attachment theory informs therapy, parenting, and education but faces cultural and stability-related ...

Mr. Kennedy, the proposed nominee for health secretary, has for decades promoted baseless conspiracy theories. By Anjali Huynh and Teddy Rosenbluth He has promoted a conspiracy theory that ...

It didn’t take long after the presidential election for the conspiracy theories to unspool. People on X, posters on Threads, TikTok influencers, viral Substack newsletters all hummed with ...

Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been proven right on the largest scale yet. An analysis of millions of galaxies shows that the way they have evolved and clustered over ...

However, social media users have been peddling these alternative theories to explain how a year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas in the region of Valencia. Among the most ...

A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon. A new theory, that ...

But none have been as popular as modern portfolio theory (MPT). Here, we look at the basic ideas behind MPT, its pros and cons, and how it should factor into your portfolio management. Modern ...

Over the centuries, theologians have articulated several different theories or models of the atonement. Most of the models get something right, though some are much closer to the mark than others. We ...

How cells prioritize restoring amino acids when supply is limited is unknown. Here, using budding yeast, the authors build an economic framework to explain prioritization strategies and find that ...