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Your News Feature describes the emotional attachments some users form to artificial intelligence (AI) companions (see Nature 641, 296–298; 2025).However, it underemphasizes the extent to which such attachments are a…
“My heart is broken,” said Mike, when he lost his friend Anne. “I feel like I’m losing the love of my life.” Mike’s feelings were real, but his companion was…
At a policy panel in London in January, I had an uncomfortable realization: I was quite possibly the most disliked person in the room. I’d been invited to the event…
Aleksandra Lazić helped to compile an open-access repository of social-science questionnaires, many of them translated or culturally adapted for use in Serbia.Credit: Matti Heikkurinen I was just beginning my PhD…
The inner structures of the brain are difficult to investigate without surgery.Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain…
One of the most common pieces of advice from TikTok and Instagram therapists is to set healthy boundaries with the people in your life. Typically, the recommended boundaries are with…
When you’re unhappy in your relationship, it’s easy to point the finger at your partner and accuse them of being toxic. But what if you’re the one who’s toxic? While…
It’s graduation season, which means that along with asking grads the dreaded question (“So, what’s next?”), it’s also the time of year when people dole out unsolicited and outdated—or at…
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) You may have never heard of “cognitive restructuring,” but it’s a real way to adjust your thoughts, make them more positive, and be more productive. Though it’s…
Anxiety is hard enough to cope with when you have the life experience to distinguish real threats from imaginary ones. We adults may know that the odds of an alien…