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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 2, 2026
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Adults aged 40 and older completed an executive-function test 12% faster after running a HEPA air purifier at home for one month…
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Charles Darwin reserved roughly four hours a day for concentrated study and often declared, “I’ve done a good day’s work,” by noon
By Mind & Matter · Sep 1, 2026
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 31, 2026
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 31, 2026
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By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 30, 2026
Emotional tears may have evolved not merely to express sadness, but to change the behaviour of the people around us
By Mind & Matter · Aug 30, 2026
Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: "We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness"
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 30, 2026
The ten-thousand-hour study was redone with thirty-nine violinists under double-blind conditions, and the group rated merely good had…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 29, 2026
A Harvard psychologist and his colleague set out to discover how many moving objects the human imagination can track simultaneously
By Mind & Matter · Aug 29, 2026
The habits blamed for keeping you poor matter less than the genre claims, and often run the other way
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 29, 2026
A 2024 AARP survey of 1,010 adults aged 50-plus found that 44% believed they had grown happier over time—yet only 22% thought most people…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 29, 2026