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What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

Philosophers and Scientists (and Stoners) Have
Long Confronted the Question

By David Schneider | March 5, 2020

On the Madness of Crowds in the<br> Global Age of Terror

On the Madness of Crowds in the
Global Age of Terror

William Davies on Paranoia, Populism, and False Alarms

By William Davies | February 20, 2020

Of Womb-Furie, Hysteria, and Other Misnomers of the Feminine Condition

Of Womb-Furie, Hysteria, and Other Misnomers of the Feminine Condition

Clare Beams on Women's Bodies and the Power of Names

By Clare Beams | February 11, 2020

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

"Great sex is mostly a matter of paying attention."

By Katherine Rowland | February 6, 2020

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

Donna Jackson Nakazawa on Microglial Cells and Nature's "Neat Evolutionary Trick"

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa | January 31, 2020

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

Stanislas Dehaene on the Neuroscience of Focused Learning

By Stanislas Dehaene | January 30, 2020

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Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

By Chip Walter | January 28, 2020

The Extreme Move That Saved Florida Panthers From Extinction

By Craig Pittman | January 28, 2020

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

By Lydia Denworth | January 28, 2020

How, Exactly, Does Neuroscience Account for the Way We See Color?

How, Exactly, Does Neuroscience Account for the Way We See Color?

Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks Debate the Internalist View of Consciousness

By Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks | January 24, 2020

When a Man Took a Joke in a Pepsi Ad Seriously,<br> Chaos Ensued

When a Man Took a Joke in a Pepsi Ad Seriously,
Chaos Ensued

Matt Parker on the Time Someone Tried to Buy a
Jet Plane Using Pepsi Points

By Matt Parker | January 23, 2020

15 Great Books That Speak to the Lives of Middle-Aged Women

15 Great Books That Speak to the Lives of Middle-Aged Women

Ada Calhoun Offers a Long Overdue Reading List

By Ada Calhoun | January 9, 2020

Has Listening Become<br> a Lost Art?

Has Listening Become
a Lost Art?

Kate Murphy on the Evolving Modes of Communication
in the 21st Century

By Kate Murphy | January 7, 2020

On the Strange Connection Between Brain Damage and Sex Drive

On the Strange Connection Between Brain Damage and Sex Drive

Sarah Vallance Learns to Navigate a Post-Traumatic Life of Desire

By Sarah Vallance | January 6, 2020

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

Is it the Mysterious Work of the Unconscious, or the Mechanized Brain?

By Jim Davies | December 18, 2019

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Guy Crosby on the Connection Between the Way We Eat
and Who We Are

By Guy Crosby | December 17, 2019

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