How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
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Air-Conditioning Can Help the Power Grid instead of Overloading It
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. As…
Five Climate Issues to Watch When Trump Goes to Canada
CLIMATEWIRE | The world’s richest nations are gathering Sunday in the Canadian Rockies for a summit that could…
Could Iran Have Been Close to Making a Nuclear Weapon? Uranium Enrichment Explained
Could Iran Have Been Close to Making a Nuclear Weapon? Uranium Enrichment Explained When Israeli aircraft recently struck…
Your deepest-held beliefs form a pattern than can be predicted by AI
Many people have strong beliefs about whether abortion should be legal Michael Bihmayer/Imago/Alamy Does God exist? Should we…
Your imagination doesn’t get worse as you age – but it does change
As children grow into adulthood and then continue ageing, what happens to their imagination? Do all of us…
The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds
Jonathan Knowles / Brett Ryder When did you last imagine? Very recently is the likely answer. Indeed, we…
The extremes of imagination reveal how our brains perceive reality
Because we live our lives entirely in our own heads, understanding the contents of someone else’s — and…
How visualisation sets you up for success by changing your cognition
Imagining performing a specific action is a technique used to great effect by sportspeople ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty…
Can imagining a better future really make it come true?
Manifestation is easy to dismiss as unscientific nonsense. Certain techniques used in the practice, though, do work —…