Science of Everyday Life
What love does to your brain. Techniques to argue better. How loneliness hurts on a cellular level. The science of everyday life, explained.
Scientists believed a whiff of the chemical could increase trust between humans. Then they went back and checked their work.
Why we add a day to February every four years.
Lions and tigers, achoo: The curious evidence for big-cat allergies.
Everyone on Facebook is a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend.
But Phil isn’t a very accurate forecaster.
Yes, it is silly — but it really does work.
I asked several visual perception experts to find out.
“You look at this ... data [and] you can see ten-year cycles in it. You can see daily cycles. You can see even men have something approaching a 28-day cycle in their beard growth. ... By having a rhythm, it proves that you are alive.”
There’s very little scientific evidence to suggest our perception of time changes as we age. And yet, we consistently report that the past felt longer — that time is flying by faster as we age. What’s going on?
Harvard researchers gave people jet lag for three weeks. The results were ugly.
The internet makes us less confident in our brains — and that’s not a bad thing.
The journal Science published a study that examines the fate awaiting doctoral students in the United States — and the outcomes varied a lot.
Ask yourself question and draw diagrams to make information stick.
A brief overview of the research on parenting and happiness.
Watch gluten-free eating take over America.
An iPod might well trigger memories — but they won’t always be happy ones. You can bring the past back to a patient, but without training, are you sure you’ll know what to do once it arrives?
A new study shows that the media often hypes medical “breakthroughs” without good evidence.
The incidence of metastatic cancers has remained stable since 1975.
This is another evidence-free health trend.
Can extra exposure to dirt and germs actually be good for you?
Step 1: Coffee. Step 2: Nap. Give it a try.
It’s no more scientifically valid than a BuzzFeed quiz.
Do you adjust your views to fit the facts — or the other way around?
Attention is like money. You need to spend it wisely.
Why mindlessly following automated directions could be a problem.
A Q&A with the founders of PubPeer, a website that aims to tackle the flawed systems of science.
We’ve been putting our routers in the wrong place the whole time.
Napping is good for your brain. Here’s why.
Why the real secret to productivity is slowing down.
#2: 99 percent of the gas you produce doesn’t actually smell.
Women are way more likely to experience motion sickness than men.
If your eyes are tired after a long day at a computer, this is why.
Psychologists have 4 theories for the strange phenomenon.
This mosquito scientist’s advice is not for the faint of heart.
Meet the microscopic animals that inhabit your body.
And driving is the worst choice you can make.
What the world’s most common optical illusion reveals about the human mind.
Caffeinate immediately before napping and sleep for 20 minutes or less. You won’t regret it.
Why millions of people share the same bizarre habit.