I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.

Although the human brain is capable of sifting through a billion bits of information per second, scientists recently found that the top speed of human thought only comes in at roughly 10 bits per ...

(THE CONVERSATION) I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It’s a chaotic – but functional – ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley (THE CONVERSATION) I’m in a coffee ...