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Mind and Behavior
People tend to underestimate how much a friend they’ve lost contact with would enjoy a simple note saying "hi."
In a nod to its addictive qualities, it was first dubbed “Some More.”
When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.
The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon's private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers.
If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?
Just as there are many types of believers, there's not only one type of atheist.
John Templeton Foundation
Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.
There are two conceptions of free will: "straight" and "mixed."
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.
A new study shows that political partisans are more likely to remember things that didn't happen — as long as it fits their narrative.
A second Enlightenment would have a far bigger task: Saving civilization itself.
Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.
Patients with amygdala damage rejected the widely accepted answer to the infamous "trolley problem," saying that it "hurts too much."
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
In the 1980s, some wardens started painting their cells with a shade of pink dubbed "Baker-Miller Pink."
It’s estimated that one-in-three women and one-in-five men have an episode of major depression by the age of 65.
Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.
It's common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
The serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted in the 1990s, coinciding with a push to prescribe more SSRIs.
We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!
It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
"Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications." —Tony Blair
The fictitious 31st-century world portrayed by the series is actually quite a bit like our own in the 21st century.
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
In the wake of the pandemic, the crystal industry boomed, with customers hoping the stones might relieve a little anxiety.