In the 1800s, a French Canadian named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach while at a fur trading post, when someone’s musket accidentally fired at close range. He survived, but his injuries ...

You're about to send an important text. Your stomach tightens. Your heart races. A voice in your head screams, "Don't do it!" But is that your intuition protecting you, or just anxiety playing tricks?

Have you ever been in a situation when you felt in your stomach that something was wrong, or dangerous, and yet there were no visual cues to influence such feelings? These reactions may have been ...

The digestive system is complex and is involved in everything from your mood to your energy levels to your risk of cancer and chronic disease. Making sure your digestive system is in tip-top shape can ...

Ever felt like you “just know” something but can’t articulate why? That’s your intuition. Many refer to their intuition as the “gut feeling.” It describes the innate ability to know something without ...

Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, shifted the company’s business from DVD rentals to streaming services in the mid-2000s. At the time, the DVD business was still profitable, and the streaming ...

Laura Huang’s new book explores gut feeling and how learning to trust it can lead to better decisions. In “You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition,” Huang, a professor of management ...