Brain & Behavior
Giving a toddler puzzles does something narrower than the marketing claims
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 8, 2026
2026
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Brain & Behavior
Staying silent instead of firing back is not about bottling things up
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 8, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The clearest sign that someone wants you in their life is rarely a grand gesture
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 8, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The people who put others at ease are rarely the wittiest in the room
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 8, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Nearly 4 in 5 people report feeling burned out by dating apps sometimes, often, or always
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Smart people are often the worst performers under pressure, not the best
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Health
The 10,000-step target came from the brand name of a 1965 Japanese pedometer, not from research, and studies since suggest the survival…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Brain & Behavior
At eighteen, the human brain processes information faster than it ever will again
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Social Sciences
You can sit shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of strangers for eleven hours straight and breathe air that is, by most measures, cleaner…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 7, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Being intelligent and being able to read people are close to separate skills
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
A moth species has killed off vast swaths of forest across Siberia, leaving so much dead, flammable wood behind that wildfires are now…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 7, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Psychologists have a term for the discomfort of knowing exactly who you used to be and struggling to describe who you are now
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 7, 2026
Life
Only a tiny handful of animals understand that the creature in the mirror is themselves, and one of them weighs six tonnes.
By Kiran Journals · Aug 6, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Walking lowers cortisol, lifting raises testosterone, dancing regulates your nervous system, and stretching can help you feel calmer in the…
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 6, 2026