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Hearing What You Can See
Synesthesia, where senses blend to create unique experiences like “tasting” words or “seeing” music, affects about 1 in…
Research Does Not Yield Instant Results—It Takes Time
Groundbreaking medical advancements, like GLP-1 drugs derived from lizard venom, highlight the importance of pursuing “useless” knowledge. What…
We See Numbers In a Special Way
Research shows that humans and infants possess innate numerical senses distinct from symbolic number systems. Infants demonstrate basic…
Peacocks were a mystery. Darwin figured them out.
Unlike natural selection which favors traits for survival, sexual selection explains traits that enhance mating success, such as…
Saving New York Using the “Billion Oyster Project”
The Billion Oyster Project aims to restore the ecosystem of New York Harbor by planting a billion oysters…
Is It Human to Be a Fan of Something?
You may already be a fan of a particular movie or series, or music group, or a sports…
How Do You Find the Average of Everything?
Finding the “average” of a set of numbers is easy enough to some people, but how do you…
How Did We Get Around to Solving for X?
We always seem to supplant the unknown with the letter “X,” but its history stretches far beyond its…
Scorpions Are Older Than Trees. Here’s How They’ve Survived For So Long.
Only so many animals can claim to be older than even trees, and scorpions seem to be among…
What Time Is It… And How Did We Ever Figure It Out?
The endless streams of communication happening all around the world all at once necessitates specialized measures to make…