Some people in their 80s remember as well as people in their 50s and 60s, and a 2026 Nature study found something extraordinary in their…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 16, 2026
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Across 16 studies and 25,471 people, what adults remembered about their childhood agreed poorly with what had been recorded at the time…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 16, 2026
Researchers have held real-time conversations with people while they were asleep and dreaming
By Mind & Matter · Aug 16, 2026
Across studies with more than 14,000 strangers, people underestimated how often a direct request would get a yes by about half, and the…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 16, 2026
When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in the winter of 1939, expecting the country to collapse within weeks, the Finns held out for 105…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 15, 2026
Nobel laureate James Heckman’s research found that IQ accounts for only around 1–2% of differences in income, while traits such as…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Scientists who narrowly missed out on an NIH grant were 6.1% more likely to produce a top-5%-cited paper over the following decade than…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Scientists long blamed infantile amnesia on an immature hippocampus that couldn't properly make memories
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Researchers found that generosity doesn't necessarily stop with the person who receives it
By Mind & Matter · Aug 15, 2026
Cutting the jargon is not about dumbing down
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 15, 2026
The saying that social media leaves you defined by your choices is half right
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 15, 2026
The signs said to prove you have no life outside work really describe an identity built on a single pillar, and research on self-complexity…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 15, 2026