Over the past month or so, I have seen several advertisements for different modalities for pain relief. Seeing these advertisements, which featured devices such as TENS units and ultrasound machines, ...

YouTuber and physician Rohin Francis, MBBS, does a deep-dive on the power of placebo. The following is a partial transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Francis: The placebo effect.

When you were a child and fell playing outside, a single bandage — a placebo of sorts — could take away the pain. The placebo effect has long been somewhat of a medical mystery. While researchers ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Are you a Harry Potter fan? If so, you might recall the following storyline from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry’s friend, Ronald Weasley, is an enthusiastic hobby sportsman with ...