Kristen French
Is Loneliness Really an Epidemic?
Social isolation is a health problem, but how we talk about it matters
The Science of Unrequited Love
Researchers are learning more about limerence, the term for obsessive, involuntary love that is often unreturned
The World’s Tiniest Wave Tank
This ocean on a chip unlocks the mysteries of rogue waves, tsunamis, and other aquatic oddities
This Inca Building was the Original Boom Box
A 600-year-old temple was likely designed to amplify drum beats and music
How Scavenging Made Us Human
Our early ancestors were more like vultures than we might like to think
Your Chatbot “Friend” Is Only Pretending to Like You
ChatGPT and Claude can’t offer real empathy
Remembering the Genius Who Inspired Celebration of the Mind Day
Martin Gardner wanted to make math mathemagical
Daydream Your Way to Life-Changing Insights
Certain kinds of mind wandering can lead to powerful epiphanies
Extraterrestrials are People, Too
Should we grant legal rights to extraterrestrial lifeforms before we find them?
Rogue Wave Mystery Solved
Each leviathan of the deep has a signature that can be used to forecast it
