A small risk seldom leads to a big reward, but it’s certainly not impossible. Last week, a sports betting customer won more than $142,000 from a three-leg parlay, wagering three NFL tight ends would score the first touchdowns of their respective games, DraftKings posted on X. The initial wager was just $15.

One glance at an online forum devoted to sports gambling makes it clear: America is obsessed with parlays.

Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the world.

The human brain has an incredible ability to adapt itself by breaking old habits and ideas to form new ones. Our brains are made up of billions of neurons, and we learn behaviors by creating pathways between them. When we have a habit — like smoking — we repeat the action so often that these neural pathways are strengthened, making them automatic behaviors that are difficult to break.

A new meta-synthesis sheds light on the wide range of motivations that drive people to use dating apps—especially among underrepresented groups such as sexual minorities and older adults. Published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the study synthesizes findings from 21 qualitative investigations, identifying eight major themes that go beyond the common stereotypes of online dating. The results suggest that motivations vary depending on age and sexual identity, and that existing survey tools may miss some of the reasons people turn to these platforms.

As your child changes their mind 47 times about their Halloween costume, keep in mind that some outfits are controversial or offensive.

Personal Perspective: The dramatic decrease in NIH grants will destroy academic science.

Can certain strains of cannabis help treat epilepsy? Would tackling Nevada’s illegal cannabis market reduce youth drug usage? Is there a way to predict susceptibility to overuse of cannabis? These were some of the questions that college students attempted to answer during a Sept. 5 showcase hosted by the UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute, highlighting student work on evidence-based recommendations to address cannabis industry challenges.

All around us is a rich world for us to experience. Inside our minds, we have our own understanding of the world, ourselves, and everything in it. How does the brain do any of this? There’s all this information that we have access to in our minds, but how does the brain represent information? What does information in the brain even mean? These are some of the greatest questions that humans have ever pondered, but neuroscience has made great strides in answering them.

Two decades ago, it would’ve been foolhardy to suggest the testosterone-infused confines of athletics, especially football, were a place where being transparent served a benefit. But now, every NFL team has a sports psychologist. They help with anything including athlete focus, ability to channel aggression into motivation and, on the unfathomable occasion a player or team loses, the ability to turn failure into a cathartic current.

School is in session, and going back to school may look different for older adults looking to get their degree for the first time.

An explanation of why sweat isn’t always the only kind of waterworks in production.