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Noise Is a Drug and New York Is Full of Addicts

We may complain about a defining feature of the city, but we also feed off it.

July 19, 2016

We Weren’t Designed to Appreciate Good Perfume

Our sense of smell may have evolved to detect danger, not beauty.

June 30, 2016

Learning Chess at 40

What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.

May 2, 2016

The Wisdom of the Aging Brain

Tantalizing evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase wisdom as we age.

The Paradox of the Elephant Brain

With three times as many neurons, why doesn’t the elephant brain outperform ours?

Love Is Like Cocaine

From ecstasy to withdrawal, the lover resembles an addict.

February 2, 2016

The Deep Space of Digital Reading

Why we shouldn’t worry about leaving print behind.

January 5, 2016

Nothing Snowballs Online Like Fear

How online fear feeds political smear campaigns, stock market rumors, and ISIS propaganda.

December 14, 2015

The Neuron’s Secret Partner

Glial cells are the brain’s architects, doctors, police, janitors, and gardeners.

July 29, 2015