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Catching Science
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” -Rogers Hornsby Home plate was round, something like
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Your Brain on Fiction
The New York Times: AMID the squawks and pings of our digital devices, the old-fashioned virtues of reading novels can seem faded, even futile. But new support for the value of fiction is arriving from
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Made with love actually tastes better: study
New Zealand Herald: Convinced nothing can beat your mum’s Sunday roast or grandmother’s apple pie? You’re probably right. Food that we believe has been prepared with tender loving care always tastes better, according to scientists.
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Trust Your Gut…but Only Sometimes
When faced with decisions, we often follow our intuition—our self-described “gut feelings”—without understanding why. Our ability to make hunch decisions varies considerably: Intuition can either be a useful ally or it can lead to costly
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How to read minds like a wizard
Fans of the Harry Potter books will be familiar with the art of Legilimency. Legilimency is an advanced form of wizardry, the supernatural ability to coax thoughts and feelings and memories from another’s mind. It’s
