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Robert Sapolsky

Why Your Brain Hates Other People

And how to make it think differently.

June 16, 2017

My Personal Hero: Robert Sapolsky on Rudolf Virchow

Meet the social-justice minded German pathologist who helped the renowned Stanford neurobiologist find his calling.

December 24, 2016

To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome

This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age.

October 27, 2016

Caitlyn Jenner and Our Cognitive Dissonance

While biology shows us gender can be fluid, our brains struggle to see it that way.

August 31, 2015

Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?

There’s a method to the madness of the teenage brain.

June 25, 2014

On the Origin of Celebrity

Why Julia Roberts rules our world.

August 29, 2013

Metaphors Are Us

War, murder, music, art. We would have none without metaphor.

April 22, 2013