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The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains (part II)

Untitled (Cubes) by Scott Taylor Lately, I’ve got colors on the brain. In part I of this post I talked about the common roads that different cultures travel down as they name the colors…
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2251 words)

The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains (part I)

“Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly…
PUBLISHED: June 5, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2158 words)

Internal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You’re So Tired

Debunking the social stigma around late risers, or what Einstein has to do with teens’ risk for smoking. “Six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool,” Napoleon famously…
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2559 words)
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