When I walk into my laboratory on weekday mornings, it is not unusual to hear uncontrollable shrieks of glee or fits of giggles. Laughter is not traditionally thought of as the noise of neuroscience, ...

Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing for both brands and online publications—with a particular focus on travel, fashion, and lifestyle. She’s also the ...

A new year means that all the Christmas chocolate will be reduced in the shops, but if you head to Marks & Spencer, you’ll find something you hadn’t bargained for on the shelves. Shoppers have spotted ...

Tickling, a seemingly involuntary reflex, evolved not for humor but for connection. It targets exposed areas, triggering laughter when the touch is recognized as safe, signaling non-danger and ...

In a grey-walled room in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, a strange activity is underfoot. Wearing a cap covered in sensors and positioning themselves into a chair, a person places their bare feet over two ...

The Garden Club of Palm Beach hosted its 2025 flower show, themed "Flight of Fancy," at the Society of the Four Arts. A preview party featured a centerpiece of a nearly life-sized hot air balloon ...

For the uninitiated, Laguna Beach is Southern California at its most postcard-worthy, a stretch of the Orange County coastline filled with frothy waves, winding canyons and afternoon beachgoers. Yet ...

Do you dare to bare all at the beach? A stretch of sand in Mississippi has been named one of the best nude beaches in the U.S. in a recent data analysis. Going bare at the beach may have some mental ...

From an island off of North Carolina to a coastal village on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, these are the most beautiful beach towns in the world. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of ...

Visiting the coast can help you relieve stress and get more active—and it may even change the way you cope with pain. There's little more relaxing than spending time at the beach—but what's going on ...

Few Florida beaches allow driving, requiring paid passes for access. Driving on the beach threatens sea turtle and bird nests, so caution and adherence to regulations are crucial. Costs and access ...

Many of the world's best places to visit are beach destinations – and for good reason. A top travel trend for 2025 is JOMO (the "joy of missing out"), which means having a relaxing vacation, rather ...