LatestWhat causes deja vu? The eerie sense you have been here before is a brain glitch where familiarity fires without recall. Here is the real neuroscience.
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GamingMetroidbrainia explained: the genre where player knowledge, not items, unlocks progress. Outer Wilds, Tunic, and the design problem…
MusicHow music affects the brain, from dopamine and chills to memory, emotion, and movement. The science of why…
CuriositiesTime really does feel faster as you get older, and it is not your imagination. The science of…
AIAI hallucinations are confident, fabricated answers from chatbots. Learn why they happen, the main types, and how to…
LifestyleForest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is slow time among trees with real science behind it. Here is what it…
Film & TVThe dolly zoom keeps the subject still while the world warps behind them. Here is how the Vertigo…
Internet CultureRage bait is content built to make you angry enough to react. Learn what rage bait is, why…
GamingSplit-screen gaming explained: how the divided screen worked, why developers quietly dropped it, and why couch co-op keeps…
Memes & Internet HistoryWhat is an image macro? The history of Impact font, LOLcats, and advice animals, and why this captioned-image…
TechnologyHow solid-state batteries work, explained simply: the solid electrolyte, why they charge faster and last longer, the real…
Books & ReadingWhat is a roman a clef? The novel that disguises real people as fiction, explained: history, how it…
Science & SpaceWhat are gravitational waves? Ripples in spacetime from colliding black holes and neutron stars, how LIGO detects them,…
Film & TVDutch angle in film, explained: a century of history, the psychology of the tilt, famous examples, and how…
CuriositiesBall lightning explained: glowing spheres in thunderstorms, the silicon vapor theory, the 2012 Tibet spectrograph capture, and why…
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