Many Americans use a ride-hailing service — like Uber or Lyft — to get to and from work. It provides
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Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates
Spanish may seem to be spoken at a higher speed than Vietnamese, but that doesn’t make it any more “efficient.”
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Similarities in human, chimpanzee, and bonobo eye color patterns revealed
Studies have suggested that the contrast between the white of human eyes — known as the sclerae — and the
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Storing data in music
Manuel Eichelberger and Simon Tanner, two ETH doctoral students, store data in music. This means, for example, that background music
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Associating colors with vowels? Almost all of us do!
Does [a:] as in ‘baa’ sound more green or more red? And is [i:] as in ‘beet’ light or dark
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What are you looking at? How attention affects decision-making: Eye-trackers show that what you gaze at influences your choices
Scientists using eye-tracking technology have found that what we look at helps guide our decisions when faced with two visible
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The richer the reward, the faster you’ll likely move to reach it
If you are wondering how long you personally are willing to stand in line to buy that hot new holiday
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Why patients lie to their doctors: Fear of being judged and embarrassed are among the reasons
When your doctor asks how often you exercise, do you give her an honest answer? How about when she asks
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The smell of lavender is relaxing, science confirms
Lavender works its relaxing magic all around us: from garden borders to bath bombs to fabric softener. But why not
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Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power: Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find
Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play
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