Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...

We haven’t had an unfair leg up in our lives and have worked hard for what we have, and can now afford to move our son to a ...

New research finds vaccination decisions aren't primarily driven by weighing facts, but by what researchers call "gist"—the ...

Arms and legs are pretty similar, from the amount of bones they have to the way their joints bend, but your legs have one thing your arms don't: kneecaps. Ever wonder why? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ...

Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) Emma Dauster: Writer Rachel Garner: Fact Checker Savannah Geary: Editor, Associate Producer Sarah Suta: Producer Caitlin Hofmeister: Executive Producer Hank Green: ...

Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate. By Nitsuh Abebe “How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In.” A psychologist!

Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on ...

Like many American men of his generation, Ryan Kessler, 28, is terrified of talking to women. But it’s not a lack of smarts or swag that makes the single Manhattanite hesitant to approach women out in ...

As the mercury plummets and back-to-work blues set in for much of humankind in the UK, many other creatures are cosily spending winter in a blissfully dormant state of hibernation. It would be easy to ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a tool that measures when people engage in dialog across political divides. The results show that personal factors play a greater role in people's ...

Still, being ghosted—when the other person disappears without explanation—can be shocking, hurtful and confusing to those being left on read. According to a new psychological analysis, the impulse to ...

Yes, it’s a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that we all follow, but it’s important to know its history. (It’s also fun.) Like many other cultures, the Pennsylvania Dutch believe eating pork on New Year’s ...