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Teaching Kids to Not Be Prejudiced, Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils, and a Massive Stonehenge Discovery
Learn about why children develop racial prejudice unless their parents teach them otherwise; why archaeologists studying Stonehenge may have found th…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Need for Nature During Lockdown, Why Plants Are Green, and How Microbes and Parasites Might Make Us Healthier
Learn about why lockdown has made us need nature more than ever; why plants are green; and how microbes and parasites might actually make us healthie…
6 years, 2 months ago
Stay Happy and Healthy by Maintaining Your Routines, How Dolphins Learn to Use Tools, and Can Adults Grow New Brain Cells?
Learn about whether adult neurogenesis can help humans grow new brain cells; the super cool way dolphins learn how to use tools; and how keeping good…
6 years, 2 months ago
Waiting for the Best Option Lowers Your Standards, Spies Can Eavesdrop Using Light Bulbs, and Why Atoms Don’t Look Like the Solar System
Learn about how spies can use light bulbs to eavesdrop on conversations; why atoms remind us of our solar system; and how you predictably lower your …
6 years, 2 months ago
Hack Your Short-Term Memory, The Wild Origins of Gallbladder Surgery, and Does Chocolate Cause Acne Breakouts?
Learn about whether chocolate actually causes acne breakouts; how to get around Miller’s law, which describes the limits of your short-term memory; a…
6 years, 2 months ago
The First Prescription Video Game, Solving the Mystery of Short-Term Memory, and Hummingbirds’ Extraordinary Vision
Learn about the first physical evidence that shows how our brains store short-term memory; EndeavorRx, the first ever prescription video game; and wh…
6 years, 2 months ago
Blame Trolling on “Everyday Sadism,” How to Sleep Better During Lockdown, and a Breakthrough in Random Number Generation
Learn about why “everyday sadism” might help explain trolling and bullying; why our quality of sleep is worse during lockdown (and how to fix it); an…
6 years, 2 months ago
Saturated Fat Could Kill Your Focus, Animals Have Regional Accents, and Rings Around Mars
Learn about how saturated fat can make it harder for you to focus; why it matters that animals have regional accents; and why Mars used to have rings…
6 years, 2 months ago
Black Hole Holograms, How We Make Sense of the Nonsensical, and June’s Curiosity Challenge
Learn about how the meaning maintenance model explains the way our brains make sense of the nonsensical; and how the black hole information paradox m…
6 years, 2 months ago
Human Hair Was Created in a Lab, You See Less Color Than You Think, and Mapping an Underground City Without Digging
Learn about how archaeologists used ground-penetrating radar to map an entire Roman city underground without digging; the gross but cutting-edge scie…
6 years, 2 months ago