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Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Music therapy might boost memory, but the benefits are small. Just in case, tell your grandparents to listen to their favorite 1960s tunes.
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
Isn't more sleep always better?
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
Daylight saving time was first implemented during the first world war to take advantage of longer daylight hours and save energy. While this made a difference when we heavily relied on coal […]
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
When you view your right hand in a mirror, it appears as a left hand. Writing is reversed, as is the direction of any spinning object: clockwise becomes counterclockwise and […]
The deep dive into the mirror Universe, and the ethics of how we deal with purity and diversity, is just getting started. Life in the mirror Universe isn’t easy for anyone. […]