Kristen French
What Bird Song Can Tell Us About the Nature of Dreams
Clues to the evolution of sleep and dreaming may be hiding in avian reveries
Where Human Sleep Went Wrong
A conversation with David Samson, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Sleepless Ape, about how to sleep
The Quest to Understand the Forgotten Psychedelic
One of the first scans of mescaline in the brain suggests it travels a different path
Extraordinary Experiences Are More Common Than You Think
How you make sense of the experience shapes its impact your well-being
“We Wanted to Create An Experience of Microscopic Awe”: A Radical New View of Sacred Plants
Fluorescent visions of the guts of living sacred plants from all over the Americas
When Dreaming Gets Your Heart Moving
Deep dreaming may be more in tune with the body than we thought
Could Physics Help Us Solve the Mystery of Aging?
Some scientists say the answers may lie in thermodynamics and other mathematical principles
Financial Struggle Can Age Your Brain
Persistent poverty can accelerate cognitive decline starting in your 50s
How Much Do We Really Want to Know About UFOs?
What disaster psychology research, a few Cold War UFO files, and a Spielberg movie say about how we might handle first contact
How Dreaming Drains Your Energy
The brain makes its bed long before we dream, and the neurons don’t call all the shots
How Celebrities Became America’s Unregulated Drug Pushers
Social media endorsements can sway consumers, and no one is watching
