Have you ever woken up after a dream and thought to yourself, “That made absolutely no sense”? According to modern neuroscience, there’s a reason why dreams feel so abstract and bizarre. Two sleep experts discuss.

Neuroscientist David Linden sheds light on the biology behind phenomena that medicine has long struggled to explain, from voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, and why grief shows up in autopsy results

“Our conscious awareness is everything. And the fact that it's still so mysterious to scientists and to all of humanity, the fact that it's still one of the great unsolved mysteries makes it something that everyone can be excited about and that inspires awe in everyone.”

Why social media is the perfect recipe for kids to become addicted to their smartphones.

Our brains weren’t built for the amount of info we deal with now. That’s why scientists have made the case for a “second brain” — a place to dump ideas so you can actually see how they connect later.

Philosophy asks if free will is real. Neuroscience reveals why the answer is more complicated than we expected.

Daily habits can help you thrive or quietly turn into addictions. The difference is how your brain handles cues, routines, and rewards. Three experts explain how to work with your wiring instead of against it.

"If you're interested in human performance, what you want is something that's reliable and repeatable, and thus you want neurobiology because neurobiology gives you mechanism."

A physician, a psychologist, and a mindfulness teacher explain what stress does to your body and mind, and how to use it to get smarter and stronger.

A neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist discuss how emotions are stories built from old experiences.

“Because of the efficiency worship that we have developed in our industrial age, we are now seeing procrastination as a character flaw rather than what it is, a signal that is worth listening to.”

“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going. Anybody can do that.”

“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”

“Say what you want to say, and not what you feel.” Harvard happiness professor explains ‘metacognition’ techniques so you can grow your emotional intelligence:

At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.

“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.

Psychologist Daniel Goleman on how to train your brain with just ten minutes a day.

What is perception, really? Philosopher Alva Noë on why perception is a puzzling phenomenon:

We’ve all tried to win an argument by bringing up statistics that support our view. But here’s why that doesn’t work, according to a neuroscientist.

There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.

This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine.

Your "social reality" isn’t an absolute reality. A leading neuroscientist explains why.

Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.

Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.

You’ve heard about your "lizard brain." But what about the other two?

A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.

Experimental neuroscientist Patrick McNamara on how we can harness spiritual experiences to explore alternate realities in our minds, and transform our models of the self.

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky on the science of temptation, and the limitations of your brain’s frontal cortex.

What the ‘decade of the brain’ taught us about drug addiction. (Hint, we had it all wrong before.)

The concept is so complex that scientists still argue whether it exists or if it is an illusion.