More Evidence Emerges of the Danger That Playing Football Poses to Young Kids’ Brains
A new study confirms the damage of multiple hits to head, even if the player never experiences a…
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The Reason Your Brain Has All Those Folds
A simple formula may explain a great deal about the overall structure of the human brain. By Nathan…
We Are Absurdly Confident of Our Superiority
Two new studies find that we often think of ourselves as both morally superior and less biased than…
Monkeys Make Stone Tools by Accident—and That’s Actually a Big Deal
The discovery may offer new insights into how our distant ancestors created the first knives, axes, and spears.…
Why Staring at Selfies Can Lower Your Self-Esteem
Unless they are group shots in which you are among the participants. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Jeremy Brooks/Flickr)…
Polarization Isn’t That Hard to Come By
Researchers show that, even when we agree on the logic of an argument, disagreements over a single statement…
Getting Drunk May Be Kind of Like Driving on Cruise Control
Insert morbidly ironic PSA here. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) If you’re planning on watching the…
Social Exclusion Breeds Conspiratorial Thinking
New research provides a possible clue as to why so many Donald Trump supporters believe outlandish things. By…
Racist Hiring Practices Hurt Employers Too
According to new research, racially discriminatory businesses were twice as likely to fail compared to those that were not identified as such.
Could Volcanoes Have Shaped Human Evolution?
If nothing else, the timing is right, according to a new study of volcanoes in the East African…