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To Supercharge Learning, Look to Play

Play and art engage all of our senses and enhance attention.

Exercise Is Great for Our Brains, Too, Right?

One question for Luis Ciria, a neuroscientist at the University of Granada.

April 3, 2023

The Spiritual Materialist

How transcendent feelings arise from the forces of Darwinian natural selection.

March 30, 2023

Astronomers Dig Up the Stars That Birthed the Milky Way

There once was a cosmic seed that sprouted the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered its last surviving remnants.

March 29, 2023

What Does ChatGPT Know About Science?

AI-powered chatbots get science facts basically right, but their reasoning is still shallow.

March 28, 2023

Does GPT-4 Really Understand What We’re Saying?

One question for David Krakauer, an evolutionary theorist and president of the Santa Fe Institute for complexity science.

March 27, 2023

Animal Personalities Can Trip Up Science, But There’s a Solution

Individual behavior patterns may skew studies. A "STRANGE" new approach could help.

March 24, 2023

Why Doctors Can’t Name Female Anatomy

A vulva by any other name … causes confusion and unnecessary suffering.

March 22, 2023

The Dwarf Planet on Our Doorstep

The series of fortunate astrophysical events that gave us Ceres.

March 21, 2023

What Happens to My Brain on the Psychedelic DMT?

One question for Christopher Timmermann, a cognitive neuroscientist at Imperial College London.

March 20, 2023

How Snails Cross Vast Oceans

The intrepid travelers are widely dispersed despite their sedentary lifestyle.

March 20, 2023