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Neuroscience

San Francisco Is Smarter Than You Are

The city is a big brain that can solve big problems.

October 2, 2014

What Do Blind People Actually See?

To try to understand what it might be like to be blind, think about how it “looks” behind your head.

August 13, 2014

This Is Your Brain on Silence

Contrary to popular belief, peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head.

July 31, 2014

Ingenious: Robert Sapolsky

The primatologist and neurologist talks turbulence—teens, stress, and the information age.

July 24, 2014

Your Brain Is On the Brink of Chaos

Neurological evidence for chaos in the nervous system is growing.

June 25, 2014

An Expert’s Guide to Celebrity Faces

The way we process faces means that symmetry is only part of the story.

April 25, 2014

Sound and Touch Collide

There might be a little synesthesia in each of us.

February 3, 2014

Making Good Use of Bad Timing

We bend time to make our world make sense.

January 10, 2014