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Neuroscience

The Outer Limits of Reason

A look at paradoxes in language.

February 23, 2017

Time Is Contagious

How to control the subjective experience of time.

January 30, 2017

My Personal Hero: Robert Sapolsky on Rudolf Virchow

Meet the social-justice minded German pathologist who helped the renowned Stanford neurobiologist find his calling.

December 24, 2016

What Sea Slugs Taught Us About Our Brain

The simple nerve cells of sea creatures helped scientists fathom human memory.

December 6, 2016

What to Do If You Get Seasick on Dry Land

A new therapy holds hope for sufferers of Mal de Debarquement syndrome.

November 11, 2016

Addicted to Anticipation

What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict.

September 8, 2016

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber

Alex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.

Noise Is a Drug and New York Is Full of Addicts

We may complain about a defining feature of the city, but we also feed off it.

July 19, 2016

We Weren’t Designed to Appreciate Good Perfume

Our sense of smell may have evolved to detect danger, not beauty.

June 30, 2016