The human chin is uniquely human, and the assumption has always been that it must have evolved for a specific purpose, perhaps to strengthen the jaw during chewing or speech. After all, chimpanzees ...

David Trafimow, a Distinguished Achievement professor of psychology at New Mexico State University, was recently selected to receive the prestigious Humboldt Research Award for 2026. Scott Brocato ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

As rare disease trials face persistent feasibility challenges, Bayesian designs are gaining momentum by enabling more ...

The trial-to-trial variability of neuronal responses and the correlated response variability among neurons are modulated by visual stimulus size in a manner that depends on cortical layer, suggesting ...

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from ...

Returning from my hiatus, I couldn't decide on a specific new topic, mainly because so much bad stuff happened in my absence. So, in this post I back up a bit to reflect on how RFK Jr.'s "make America ...

For most of the 20th century, the scientific consensus held that the adult brain was essentially fixed, unable to grow new connections or recover lost function after a critical window in childhood.

Top quark data may encode quantum magic, but the closer scientists look, the more selection, modeling, and proof matter every time ...

Debates on researching SCAM frequently hinge on the tension between theoretical plausibility and empirical testing. The central question is this: should interventions that contradict well-established ...

What if stumbling upon a product makes you love it more? Science says this is true. And the reason why reveals something ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...