Our tongue is a powerful muscle. Human beings have learned to utilize language to love, comfort, destroy, and even protect our emotions. Defense mechanisms can arise at any moment when we feel ...

Defense mechanisms are unconscious strategies whereby people protect themselves from anxious thoughts or feelings. Defense mechanisms aren’t inherently bad—they can allow people to navigate painful ...

Efforts to suppress or change a child's gender identity and sexuality are ineffective and cause long-term harm, according to new research.

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. In recent years, immunotherapies-treatments that reactivate the immune system to attack tumor cells-have transformed the ...

A (light green) bacterial cell detects a source of stress and is activated (dark green). It adorns itself with alarmones (depicted as red triangles) and can transmit them via cell-to-cell contact with ...

New research delves into the intricate defense mechanisms of tomatoes against the notorious bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst). It's a classic tale of nature's arms race: as ...