Why earthquake engineer Tiziana Rossetto is building a 100-meter concrete flume in a lab in the UK; it might help protect us against the next big tsunami.

Five years ago, a tsunami and nuclear disaster led to the mass evacuation of the Fukushima region of Japan. Photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart kept in touch with some of those directly affected by the incident; last September he traveled back to see how they were getting on. He shares some of his photographs, interviews and thoughts about the trip.

If you were to give relationship advice to someone just starting to date, what would you say? Here's what a relationship scientist shared with his daughter for her 16th birthday.

Community member Sandy Weiner shared some thoughts after watching journalist Joshua Prager’s TED Talk, “In search of the man who broke my neck.”

In her blockbuster TED Talk, Susan Cain has a call to action: Take introverts seriously, and understand what they can do in the right environment. Ben Lillie called her up for an extended conversation about the terrors of public speaking, how her issue is one of civil rights, and the neuroscience behind personalities.

Indigenous biomedical researcher Keolu Fox makes the case for studying Indigenous people’s DNA, something that could yield benefits for all of humanity.

Lawyer and activist Nighat Dad talks about the fight to create a more accessible internet for women and other marginalized groups in her home country of Pakistan.

意大利研究人员通过脑成像发现，与社会性疼痛相关的词语能激活大脑中与身体疼痛相同的区域，表明语义性疼痛与伤害感受性疼痛共享部分神经基底。这再次证明将大脑与身体割裂是一种谬误——来自社会经历的痛苦，与身体伤痛一样真实。

当一个人长期为他人提供情感支持后，往往会陷入”共情疲劳”的困境。本文提供两个关键建议：一是学会识别并为自身的疲惫感命名，二是主动寻求专业帮助。认知行为疗法与接纳承诺疗法均被证明对此有效。只有先照顾好自己，才能持续给予他人力量。