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If this use of chess to represent life feels familiar, it is largely thanks to the medieval world.

There is a neurological link between serotonin levels and the brain's ability to control impulses and patience levels.

These tiny fish are helping scientists understand how the human brain processes sound.

The compound found in "magic mushrooms" has significant and fast-acting impact on the brains of rats.

Blackstone Group is taking a majority stake in DNA testing business Ancestry.com. The private-equity giant headed by billionaire Stephen Schwarzman is acquiring 75 percent of the family history research business for $4.7 billion, Bloomberg reports. The acquisition would be the first for Blackstone’s massive $25 billion private equity fund. The deal has been in the …

It was 1974. Jack Teich. Kidnapped at his LI home. The $750,000 ransom (equal to today’s $4 mil) never fully recovered — although now he has. I know Jack Teich. He’s my friend lawyer Barry Slotnick’s friend, and he’s now out with just-published “Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue.” Why …

Duffy is finally breaking her silence about the details of her horrifying experience surviving rape and kidnapping. The “Mercy” singer wrote in a 3,600-word blog post on Sunday that she was motivated to speak out amid the coronavirus pandemic to serve as a “momentary distraction” or “some comfort that one can come out of darkness.” …

Forty years ago, on the morning of March 20, 1980, Morty Gilbert was sitting in his Midtown office at Elektra Asylum Records when a stranger arrived in his doorway. The man was wearing a down jacket and jeans. He carried a briefcase. “He looked very average,” Gilbert, the record company’s then-sales manager, recalled. “He seemed to …