Viggo Mortenson in Crimes of the Future. (Courtesy of NEON) David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future begins with the killing of a child. One evening, in a villa off the coast of Athens, a young boy is ...

Doctors have long taken for granted a devil’s bargain: Relieving intense pain, such as that caused by surgery and traumatic injury, risks inducing the sort of pleasure that could leave patients ...

Below, Paul shares five key insights from his new book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. 1. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” A lot of people ...

A team of scientists subjected nine large language models (LLMs) to a number of twisted games, forcing them to evaluate whether they were willing to undergo “pain” for a higher score. In one, the AI ...

Endometriosis (Endo) is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in areas like the abdomen, intestines, and bladder. In these other locations, the tissue develops into ...