
A Long Overdue Update
My apologies to those of you who received a broken email from me yesterday. That’s what we in the business call a misfire. It seems
My apologies to those of you who received a broken email from me yesterday. That’s what we in the business call a misfire. It seems
You’ll probably get the urge to yawn if you stare at this yawning dog. Why? Because you’re a kind and empathetic person, of course! That
Here’s a little challenge for ya. Take a look at this chart of cognitive biases and see if you can identify two that you’re especially
The first mass media April Fool joke was reportedly the BBC’s 1957 Panorama segment on spaghetti harvesting, for which a cameraman hung “pounds of spaghetti
Hey, you wanna buy a car? Here’s my offer: If you give me $50,000 I’ll deliver a vehicle to you next year. Until then, you
What is green and pecks on trees? Woody the Woodpickle. (That joke never fails with kids.) Here are some goodies from last month, including studies
Wanna hear a joke? A neuron and a glial cell went to summer camp. When they arrived at the barracks, the neuron demanded the top
So you’re thinking about tying the knot. Congratulations! Not to rain on your parade, but have you considered what might happen if you ever need
Someone once said the problem with the future is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it. Ready or not, happy new year! Here
My favorite study of the week says dogs have about 530 million cortical neurons, and cats have 250 million. However, cats make up the deficit by
Happy November! Sometimes it seems like everything is a competition. My own brain can’t even get along with itself. Here are some recent tidbits about
Did you know sandwiches are a tool of patriarchal oppression? It’s true. A person can be oppressed by anything if they have an indignant outlook
We’re approaching binge-eating season. It seems natural selection has saddled us with a powerful hankerin’ to bulk up for the winter. There was a time
Romance is risky for men. The right relationship can be the best thing that happens to a man, or the wrong one can ruin him.
“Hi Mark, I’m breathing!” Click. That’s one of hundreds of voicemails Mark Nothdurft has received from his students over the years. This one is from
Here’s a fact of life as comforting as it is troubling: most everything regresses to the mean. The good news: every sweltering day will eventually
Mike asked a question that comes up frequently in my office: what the heck does forgiveness mean, and how does one do it? We’ve all
It’s been ten years and one child since I wrote a blog post titled How Does Memory Work? It’s held up well, for the most
Here’s a modern-day riddle. In a world where predators prey on weakness, why would anyone pretend to be gutless and fragile? Bad guys search for
My nine-year-old daughter is pretty gloomy these days. She loves her school and she’s sad the year is over. Me, I’m pretty happy about it.