Not all academic citations are positive ones, and a new paper finds that as many as one in 50 citations in a top immunology journal were critical in nature. The number of times academic articles are ...

Researchers have discovered the molecule in the brain responsible for associating good or bad feelings with a memory. Their discovery paves the way for a better understanding of why some people are ...

Another one of my pet peeves is the fact that many people – civilians and scientists alike – use the phrase “negative reinforcement” to mean “punishment.” The two are not at all the same; in fact, ...