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Swedish Death Cleaning Can Declutter Your Life
Learn about how you can de-clutter your life with the Swedish concept of döstädning, or “death cleaning.” Then, learn about how Alfred Russel Wallace…
5 years, 8 months ago
How “Flow” Can Help in Quarantine
Learn about how experiencing “flow” could help your mental health during quarantine; why airplane windows are round; and whether flies experience tim…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Right Way to Set Goals
Learn about how the coronavirus pandemic may have changed Americans’ attitudes about the poor; how you can relieve stress by learning something new; …
5 years, 8 months ago
When Smokers Quit, Dormant Lung Cells Wake Up
Learn about how quitting smoking may reawaken healthy cells; how researchers figured out how to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints to help inve…
5 years, 8 months ago
Do People Think More in Words or Pictures?
Learn about whether people think in words or in pictures; why brussels sprouts really are tastier than they used to be; and why buying luxury items m…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Stinky Science of the World’s Smelliest Fruit
Learn about the shocking prevalence of torture scenes in movies; why durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, smells so bad; and where mold comes from. …
5 years, 8 months ago
Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses for Science
Learn about why your next relationship will probably be like your last one; what scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth; and wha…
5 years, 8 months ago
Do Opposites Really Attract?
Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect” and how physical distance affects the way we feel about other people; and th…
5 years, 9 months ago
Why Toilet Paper Is White
Learn about Starlink’s unintended consequences for astronomy from astrophysicist Vivienne Baldassare, NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale Unive…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Time Pi Was Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
Learn about how speed listening to podcasts (or "podfasting") affects our emotions; the health differences between white and brown rice; and the time…
5 years, 9 months ago