Lachlan Brown writes for Science Blog on psychology, behavior, and the ways research changes how everyday life looks.
Research suggests chosen solitude can reduce emotional arousal. It does not show that people who cancel plans read their energy more accurately than others.
Jul 24, 2026
The science of aging suggests contentment isn't luck—it's built through deliberate patterns that compound over decades.
Jul 24, 2026
Eight decades of data from thousands of lives point to a single factor that predicts whether you'll be healthy, happy, and living longer—and it has nothing to do with money or success.
Jul 23, 2026
Your attachment to paper over pixels reveals something deeper than nostalgia—it suggests a psychological profile that values friction, memory, and presence in an accelerating world.
Jul 23, 2026
Pet-directed speech is a real communication style. It may draw on attention, adaptation and care, but research does not establish a seven-trait profile for people who use it.
Jul 23, 2026
The hobbies that correlate with higher intelligence reveal less about IQ tests than about how curious minds choose to spend time.
Jul 22, 2026
Repetition isn't necessarily rigidity—it might be how we free mental energy for what actually matters.
Jul 22, 2026
The real science behind shopping lists is far messier—and more interesting—than personality quizzes suggest.
Jul 22, 2026
The planet's equatorial bulge means the summit of an Ecuadorian volcano, not Everest, sits closest to the stars.
Jul 21, 2026
The astronauts who survive NASA's gauntlet aren't necessarily the smartest—they're the ones who stay sharp when everything falls apart.
Jul 21, 2026
The ground beneath your feet is slowly drifting, and the maps that locate it have to keep pace.
Jul 21, 2026
Thousands of miles away, a faltering Atlantic current could turn California's storms into catastrophic deluges, trapping the state in an even more brutal cycle of flooding and drought.
Jul 20, 2026
The sight of water triggers measurable calm in your body within seconds—a physiological response that helps explain why coastal visits feel so restorative.
Jul 20, 2026
The planet's magnetic shield may owe its existence to carbon, the element that animates all life on Earth.
Jul 20, 2026
