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Inside the Helmet
Inside the Helmet
The Hidden Psychology of Football
Rishi Sukumar
What Fans Never See
Every Sunday, Monday and Thursday of every single week from September to February, millions...
Blinded By the Bytes
Blinded by the Bytes
Can AI Out-Swift the Superstars of Music?
Introduction
The Science Behind (Artificial) Hit Songs
Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Bad Bunny,...
A Skillet, Some Eggs, and a Story of Migration
I didn’t know what shakshuka was until my partner moved to Boston and convinced me to try a bite during brunch one weekend when...
Psychology’s Replication Crisis
One of the cornerstones of modern science is the criterion of replicability. Replicability is the idea that if a phenomenon is real, it should...
The Race to Understand Mars: What Current Research Reveals
Mars has never been more accessible to human exploration. Right now, multiple spacecraft are actively studying the Red Planet, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of...
Strange Insect Encounter: The Human Instinct
Labor Day Encounter
On Labor Day this year, I visited West Point Dam, Georgia for a small family picnic. It’s supposedly a good spot for...
The Future of Touch: How Neural Networks are Revolutionizing Prosthetics
You might be familiar with The Amazing Spiderman where Dr. Connors, the villain, has an amputated arm. He tests reptilian DNA to see how...
How To Prove That You Are Psychic
Throughout history, many people have claimed to be able to perform amazing feats that defy science and logic. Such claims continue today in many...
Don’t Fall for the Galileo Gambit
Image Credit: Galileo gambit. (2018). RationalWiki. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Galileo_gambit
Lots of new ideas are introduced to science all the time. Many of these ideas are accurate and...
Forged in Fire: The Discovery of Bronze
Introduction:
Imagine living in a world where your toughest tool could shatter against a rock. For early human communities, stone, bone, and wood tools were...