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Dopamine is part of an ancient neural pathway that ensures human survival. It is also part of the reason it is so hard to stop playing a video game or pass up a cupcake.

'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweets

Dopamine is a part of our brain's survival mechanism. It is also part of why sugary foods and social media hook kids. The latest neuroscience can help parents help their kids manage behavior.

Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

Pharmacy benefit managers are middlemen who work with drug companies and insurers, helping set the retail prices for prescription drugs Americans rely on for their health. They're now the subject of a number of new bills in Congress.

What to know about the drug price fight in those TV ads

At least nine bills introduced in Congress take aim at pharmacy benefit managers, the powerful middlemen that channel prescription drugs to patients. Here's what the fuss is all about.

The 1808 Érard piano that Napoleon gifted to his second wife, Marie-Louise, is on long-term loan from the <a href="https://momh.org.uk/">Museum of Music History</a> to the <a href="https://www.cobbecollection.co.uk/">Cobbe Collection</a> of historic instruments outside London.

Napoleon's piano lends authenticity to Ridley Scott's biopic

British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott's biopic of the one-time emperor.

A lobsterman paddles out to his boat in a harbor in Maine.

This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?

On both the East and West coasts, whales are at risk of being entangled and injured by ropes used by fishermen. Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

Ron Lacey, the President of the Benjamin O. Davis Jr. local branch of the Tuskegee Airmen is shown speaking at a ceremony marking the expanded World War II exhibit at the San Diego Air & Space Museum on Oct. 13, 2023.

San Diego Air & Space Museum celebrates the legacy of Black aviators in newly expanded exhibit

An animatronic recreation of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the first Black American brigadier general in the United States Air Force during World War II, is the centerpiece of the exhibit.

<em>Carterland </em>is a reappraisal of Jimmy Carter's presidency. He's pictured above at Grand Teton National Park.

'Carterland' puts a positive spin on an oft-disparaged presidency

Carterland depicts the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter as an expansive and largely successful exercise in problem-solving.

A Motoport USA employee works on a San Diego Police Department uniform. Another uniform is on the table in the foreground. Escondido, Calif., Feb. 3, 2023.

North County motorsports company finds big business in an unexpected place

Motoport USA says its gear is the best in the world at protecting riders. It’s in high demand for an unexpected profession — law enforcement.

Doctors and researchers question the efficacy of many common over-the-counter treatments for colds and flus.

What works for treating the common cold? Many doctors say 'not much'

One common decongestant, phenylephrine, was found ineffective this fall. Doctors are skeptical about the rest of the over-the-counter cold cures lineup.

An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas.

Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals

The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime drilling boom-towns.

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