1+ week, 5+ day ago   (760+ words) Songs are closely linked to narrative and language 11:00 AM CDT on September 2, 2026 Picture a forest setting, dappled light. In this forest lives a family of small cartoon foxes. In the distance, a piccolo begins its bright tune, prompting the foxes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (822+ words) Genetics and stress can combine in ways we don’t yet fully understand 11:00 AM CDT on September 1, 2026 Consuelo Walss-Bass has just published a book that tells her family’s story in intimate detail, and also attempts to demystify the current science of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (793+ words) Stress resilience is a dynamic balance rather than a fixed trait 9:00 AM CDT on September 1, 2026 Closeup of stress text with numbers and percentage signs on meter gauge Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (704+ words) Part of the challenge of finding a biomarker for mental illness is the environment’s significant influence 7:00 AM CDT on August 29, 2026 The “bible” of clinical psychiatry—the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—is one of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) Cooperation is a double-edged sword 3:30 PM CDT on August 26, 2026 Cooperation is the bedrock of civilization, but how it emerged from the seemingly selfish evolutionary regime of “survival of the fittest” is something of a puzzle. After all, helping someone comes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (777+ words) A conversation about the science of conversation with neuroscientist and author Shane O’Mara 3:00 PM CDT on August 25, 2026 One important result of this memory loss was that Henry could no longer participate in that magical communion that happens when humans come…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (441+ words) It’s more nuanced than you think 7:00 AM CDT on August 24, 2026 Your memory is going to change as you get older, even if your brain stays healthy. Your recall might get slower, names and dates might become more slippery, and you…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (668+ words) Certain concepts such as metaphor may derive from early dream interpretation 1:00 PM CDT on August 20, 2026 I spoke with Kotwick about Penelope’s dream, the relationship between dream interpretation and magic, what Hippocrates thought the body could communicate through dreams, and what…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (574+ words) Personality and context shape the psilocybin experience in ways that show up on brain scans 10:00 AM CDT on August 19, 2026 The scans of people who reported total ego dissolution and bliss looked very different from those of people who experienced intense…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (356+ words) Is it as easy as “mind over matter?” 3:00 PM CDT on August 18, 2026 Maintaining an active social life as we get older is an important part of healthy aging. Now, two new studies suggest that our perceptions of how we age…...