What Counts as Language to the Brain? Timing, Modality, and the Race to Avoid Deprivation
A baby’s first words don’t need to be heard to count. The brain is hungry for structure, not sound, and…
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When Time Keeps Ticking: Sleep, Circadian Clocks, and the Coma Brain
In intensive care units, time can seem to collapse. Patients emerge from deep unconsciousness certain that only minutes have passed,…
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The Brain’s Trade-Off: How Human Evolution May Have Shaped Autism
A provocative new study argues that the same evolutionary forces that supercharged the human brain may also have nudged autism…
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The Long Shadow of Sunday School: What a New Study Really Says About Faith and Health
A European study is reigniting a long-running debate: does a religious childhood help or harm mental health decades later? The…
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Inside ST40: What the First Color Footage of a Fusion Plasma Reveals
For a fraction of a second, a fusion machine bloomed with color. The footage looks like psychedelic art, but it…
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When Leaves Keep Time: The Science of the Dancing Plant
On a warm windowsill, a small plant keeps time. Its side leaflets tilt, pause, and sweep again—so steady you could…
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He Kept Shooting: Robert Landsburg’s Final Frames at Mount St. Helens
He could not outrun a mountain. As Mount St. Helens ripped itself open on a quiet Sunday morning in 1980,…
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The Anemone That Got Away: How a ‘Flower’ of the Sea Swims From a Starfish
Yes, Anemones Can Swim: A Slow-Motion Escape From a Hungry Sea Star At first glance it looks impossible: a flower…
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The Curly-Maned Lion That Stole the Internet—And What Its Hair Really Says
A lion with a mane of tight curls stopped the scroll this week, a wild coiffure that looked straight out…
