The ubiquity of the gesture's associations with affection and support has inspired many studies, but its origin still remains unknown.

Scientists believe the parasite might alter their hosts’ metabolic processes and hormone levels so they attract more sexual partners for the parasite to infect.

“We thought, maybe if we make a win-win or mutual-benefit situation, then maybe [advantaged people] will see the equality-enhancing policies as helpful. But they didn’t.”

Using trigger warnings can be "invalidating" to trauma survivors because they're told -- over and over again -- that the warnings are helping when, in reality, they aren't.

Experts believe the hollow metal balls could either be the debris from a Chinese rocket, or fuel tanks from other space launch vehicles.

People who were more stressed experienced heavier menstrual bleeding than usual, with their periods lasting longer than they did before.

“...it can feel like losing someone close to us because they may have been integral in some of our happiest or saddest moments.”

“If someone is infected with this flu, they need to be kept in isolation as this could spread rapidly from one person to another.”

With the pandemic having made comfortable footwear fashionable again, one can hope our ingrained notions around heels undergo a transformation.

The Supreme Court criticized the state’s policy to judge the “star prosecutor of the month” based on their ability to secure death sentences.

“What has been noticed also is that there is an increase in suicide rates -- not just suicidal attempts -- but death by suicides.”

"Scrolling social media is so ubiquitous that [we] do it almost without thinking from the moment we wake up to when we close our eyes at night."

The right to education is increasingly eclipsed by a monopoly schools create -- with the sale of expensive books and uniforms at its center.

While MDMA has been proven to have clinical benefits, experts warn that people can be "highly suggestible and vulnerable" under its influence.

"Sleep... help[s] us solve problems by accessing information that is remote to the initial problem [and] may not be initially brought to mind."

The show proves that depictions of female friendships don't need to be restricted to young, airbrushed women, who discuss little other than relationships and fashion.

The court directed institutions across the country to "review the relevant orders and instructions imposing restrictions on unvaccinated individuals in terms of access to public places, services and resources."

Many scholars argue that the female orgasm is unlikely to be an adaptation, but rather, the evolutionary by-product of the male orgasm.