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One study suggests that, on a global scale, it's associated with greater happiness.

Everything in the universe, a playful new book argues, vibrates like a guitar string.

By performing tricks for birds, monkeys, and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think about their world.

Fifty years ago, science-fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin popularized physics’ most enigmatic feline.

Amorina Kingdon’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Sing Like Fish.

An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar … and mull over survival.

An accident of lighting uncovers Jewish, European, and Islamic origins.

A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.

What we can learn from the history of maritime folk music.

Emotional context helps memories stick.

Long-term evolution may be more predictable than we assumed.

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.