The Halo Effect: Why It’s So Difficult To Understand The Past
This week on Hidden Brain, the tale of the infamous Ford Pinto and the former Ford insider who voted twice to keep the car on the road. We explore what…
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala
First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial
A hormone-free pill, called YCT-529, that temporarily stops sperm production by blocking a vitamin A metabolite has just concluded its first safety trial in humans, getting a step closer to…
For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’
Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
The Primal Pull of People Watching
Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots
Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths
Companies are experimenting with deep-sea tech to produce cheaper fresh water
Nowhere Fast
Antonio di Benedetto’s “Trilogy of Expectation”
Webweaving and blogging can change your life
Making my own website and blog, as well as participating in the indie web helped me to cultivate a more meaningful relationship with the web, by carving my own space…
The Global Sumud Flotilla
aiming to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.