Kristen French
You’re Probably Not Addicted to Social Media
Most of us overestimate how hooked we are
Pop Music Is Getting Darker
The tunes that top the charts have been getting more negative for half a century
What Laziness Has to do with Beauty
The aesthetic benefits of low mental effort
This Common Personality Trait May Fuel Serial Killers
A form of narcissism may underlie the psychology of sexually motivated murder
What Robots Can Learn from Classical Indian Dance
A “superhuman” alphabet for the hands
How the Breath Guides Memory
Remembering is timed to the rhythms of our lungs
When a Chimp Screams, What Do You Hear?
The calls of our closest living evolutionary cousins still hit an ancient target in the human brain
What Makes a Word Beautiful?
It’s not what we thought
ChatGPT’s Biggest Foe: Poetry
How the machines miss threats smuggled inside lines of verse
Tiny Volcano-Dwelling Creature Breaks Heat Record
The fire amoeba challenges assumptions about what complex life needs to survive on Earth