Electroconvulsive therapy often evokes inaccurate images of seizing bodies and smoking ears. Better understanding of how it reduces depression symptoms can illuminate new ways to treat mental illness.

Is the disastrous impact we’re having on the planet affecting our decision about having children of our own?

Wearable devices that measure circadian rest-activity rhythms may be able to assess frailty-related health risks more than six years before an incidence occurs, according to a new study.

Scientists measured the brain activity of people trying to discern real from synthetic faces.

The group of climate activists are drawing on a history of public action to show that what they are doing is not new at all

Activists with autism, bipolar disorder and other conditions spoke about finding purpose in environmental activism.

Clashes at a huge coal mine were the latest episode in a long struggle.

Deep brain stimulation can help some people with treatment-resistant depression feel better, but it can be unclear whether a bout of low mood is a relapse or a bad day.

The case hinged on Montana’s ‘green amendment,’ which guarantees a constitutional right to ‘a clean and healthful environment.’ Other states have similar amendments, and more are considering them.