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Book Excerpt from
When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
Did Human Evolution Include a Semi-Aquatic Phase?
Peter Rhys-Evans
| Apr 1, 2020
| 3 min read
A recent book outlines fossil evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis.
What Made Human Brains So Big?
Ashley Yeager
| May 24, 2018
| 2 min read
Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.
Opinion: What Animals Can Teach Us About Fear
Daniel T. Blumstein
| Oct 1, 2020
| 3 min read
Fear binds us to our human and nonhuman ancestors. Understanding the emotion can help us grapple with challenges we face today.
Hot Off the Presses
Bob Grant
| Jul 1, 2016
| 3 min read
The Scientist
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Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism,
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Love and Ruin
Book Excerpt from
The Nature of Fear
Daniel T. Blumstein
| Oct 21, 2020
| 4 min read
In the book’s prologue, author Daniel T. Blumstein explains his introduction to the study of fear.
Opinion: The Biological Function of Dreams
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 3 min read
The scenarios that run through our sleeping brains may help us explore possible solutions to concerns from our waking lives.
Beyond Cat Killing
Bob Grant
| Jul 31, 2014
| 1 min read
Capsule reviewed author Ian Leslie sets up his latest book,
Curious
, about the human propensity to wonder and learn.
Opinion: Neuroscience Could Help Demystify Religious Experience
John C. Wathey
| Jan 2, 2023
| 4 min read
If we ask the right questions, modern tools could help researchers solve mysteries such as why many people believe in a God that both provides unconditional love and levies eternal damnation.
How Moral Disgust Can Simultaneously Protect and Endanger Humanity
Robert Sapolsky
| Jun 1, 2017
| 3 min read
The human brain’s insular cortex is adept at registering distaste for everything from rotten fruit to unfamiliar cultures.
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