Brain & Behavior
The human brain is so desperate to find patterns that it will reliably see faces in clouds, hear words in static, and detect meaning in…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 19, 2026
August 2026
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Life
Somewhere between 18 and 35 percent of people sneeze when they step into bright sunlight, but nobody has established how light hitting the…
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The case for regular travel is usually made in the language of bucket lists, but the evidence points to something more everyday
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Jealousy feels like it is guarding the relationship, but the research suggests it is largely futile
Aug 19, 2026
Health
Researchers followed more than 71,000 people and found that the most optimistic were up to 70% more likely to live past 85 than the least…
Aug 19, 2026
Health
Bone health is the part of your body almost nobody thinks about until something breaks, but the science on why it matters and what actually…
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
No other animal is known to blush from embarrassment, and you can't simply fake or suppress it
Aug 19, 2026
Physics
The bubbles in a settling pint of Guinness really do travel downwards, and it is not a trick of the eye
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A psychologist went to Arctic Norway expecting two months of winter darkness to make people miserable
Aug 19, 2026
Life
In 1968, a researcher built a mouse paradise
By Daniel Moran · Aug 19, 2026
Life
Chimpanzees in West Africa have been seen carrying their dead for weeks, grooming the body, chasing away flies, and sitting close to the…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2025 study found that a partner’s willingness to protect you mattered far more to attraction than their physical strength
Aug 18, 2026
Popular
Your fingers do not wrinkle in the bath simply because the skin soaks up water
Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
The rainforest is not the lungs of the Earth
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 18, 2026