As times keep getting weirder and wilder, it’s become very clear that we can never have enough songs about losing your mind.

Mental health experts are concerned the Gen Z trend of "crashing out" is a generation overwhelmed by unmanaged stress, lacking an ability to self-regulate their emotions.

Mets pitcher Griffin Canning had surgery on to repair a ruptured left Achilles and will miss the remainder of the season.

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There's a rise of pronatalism in our politics and our culture. Is a falling birth rate an issue?

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Why are people freaking out about the birth rate? There's one little statistic that seems to have gained a lot of attention recently: the birth rate. It's been in decline for a while, and is currently ...

Why are people freaking out about the birth rate? There's one little statistic that seems to have gained a lot of attention recently: the birth rate.

With pronatalist ideas showing up in our culture and politics, Brittany wanted to know: why are people freaking out? Who's trying to solve the population equation, and how?