“In a place denied access to basic forensic technology—and where people disappear into Israeli detention—the fate of thousands remains unknown. One of them is an autistic teenager.”
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The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing
“Why do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer?”
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The Real Da Vinci Code
“Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.”
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Curiosity Is No Solo Act
“It gains its real power when embedded in webs of relationship and shared meaning-making.”
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Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections
“Utterances like ‘um,’ ‘wow,’ and ‘mm-hmm’ aren’t garbage, they keep conversations flowing.”
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The Hypercurious Mind
“ADHD isn’t merely a dysfunction. It’s best understood as an impulsive motivational drive for novel information.”
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The Pain of Perfectionism
“It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.”
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The Weather-Changing Conspiracy Theory That Will Never End
“Why are some people convinced that nefarious experiments are happening in the distant Alaskan wilderness?”
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What Would It Mean to See a New Color?
“Olo can be described as the ‘greenest green,’ though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.”
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Meet the Oldest Rock in the West
“Wyoming’s 3.5 billion-year-old geologic history reminds us that Earth is ever-changing.”
