Lachlan Brown writes for Science Blog on psychology, behavior, and the ways research changes how everyday life looks.
The famous 23-minute interruption statistic measures when people returned to a task, not when deep focus fully recovered. The original workplace study is more nuanced than its viral retelling.
Aug 6, 2026
A global study found life satisfaction and happiness tracked closely, while the familiar wellbeing ladder captured a more wealth-oriented picture of a good life.
Aug 5, 2026
A massive study of Norwegian conscripts reveals that IQ scores, which climbed steadily for a century, have been falling sharply since the 1970s—and the culprit isn't in our genes.
Aug 5, 2026
Knowing rare words signals education and experience, but a failed vocabulary test reveals nothing about how your mind actually works.
Aug 4, 2026
Confidence and competence are wired differently in the brain than we assume, which means even the smartest people can be dangerously sure they're right.
Aug 4, 2026
As millions of Americans stay single into their forties, decades of research suggesting marriage equals happiness faces serious scrutiny.
Aug 4, 2026
Our moral self-image may be less about who we are and more about where we are—a finding that upends one of the internet's favorite character judgments.
Aug 4, 2026
What people actually mean by class has little to do with money and everything to do with how freely others choose to respect you.
Aug 3, 2026
The longevity boost from reading books proved surprisingly robust in a major study—but what it actually reveals about living longer is far more complex than the headline suggests.
Aug 3, 2026
Strangers see beauty the same way; people who actually know each other rarely do.
Aug 3, 2026
The vocabulary test reveals not what you know, but how your mind works—the same mental machinery that powers every form of intelligence.
Aug 3, 2026
What you call a tree is just convergent evolution's favorite solution to reaching sunlight—which means your family tree might be closer to a strawberry than you'd expect.
Aug 1, 2026
Geologically, the world's biggest ocean is also its most doomed, consumed at its margins faster than new seafloor can emerge to replace it.
Aug 1, 2026
One factor predicts success across every mental task ever measured—a discovery so consistent it has survived a century of scientific debate.
Aug 1, 2026
