The foods older people love and younger people find strange are explained by two things
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius
By Mal James · Aug 9, 2026
The research on niceness cuts both ways: being agreeable is linked to a happier life and stronger relationships but also to lower pay and…
Aug 9, 2026
The fear of letting go is partly an accounting error
Aug 9, 2026
Joy behaves less like luck than like a skill
Aug 9, 2026
If you feel like you are falling apart while everyone else seems fine, the research has a quietly reassuring finding
Aug 9, 2026
The Korean alphabet is the only one on Earth with a known inventor and a written explanation for why every letter looks the way it does
By Daniel Moran · Aug 9, 2026
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca
By Mal James · Aug 8, 2026
Life can feel faster after 30, but research has found no birthday switch
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 8, 2026
Dog and owner stress hormones rose and fell together across summer and winter, but the famous study came from Sweden, not Vienna
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 8, 2026
Becoming a better person depends less on character than we assume
Aug 8, 2026
Assumption-reversal: for two centuries anatomists taught that adult human brains could not grow new neurons, until a Swedish neuroscientist…
Aug 8, 2026