Generation Health: How Science Powers Us is a new partnership between Discovery Education and AstraZeneca that aims to make science personal through a focus on healthy living messaging.

Learn about the role of the hippocampus in memory, the effects of LSD on the brain, the possible medical uses of LSD and other psychotropic drugs, and what a 19th century railroad worker named Phineas Gage can teach us about traumatic brain injuries.

Placebos can alleviate all sorts of symptoms, but there’s debate about their usage from an ethical standpoint.

About 10% of people who go through a traumatic experience end up developing PTSD. But one of the most common medications might actually be able to prevent it before PTSD develops.

Welcome to the Medicinal Plants Tour! 

Pharmacists deal with the preparation, dispensing, and appropriate use of medicines.

There’s an intriguing body of research that suggests the power of antidepressants doesn’t come from chemicals in the drugs, but from the power of placebo.

This week, we dive into the science to find out how safe vaccines really are.

Last week we explored the science behind vaccine safety. This week we try to understand where these fears came from, and why they persist.

This week, we’re turning up the bass and checking out what does Molly do to your brain. Is it bad for you? Could it be a potential medicine?

We look at the science behind some of the most popular supplements with nutritional epidemiologist Prof. Katherine Tucker, neuroscientist Dr. Simon Dyall, and medical researcher Dr. Mark Bolland.

Everyone’s got a myth or two about birth control they want cleared up.