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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The Diss That Paid Its Target: How Limp Bizkit’s Hot Dog Sent Checks to Trent Reznor
Fred Durst set out to swing at Trent Reznor. Instead, the Limp Bizkit frontman wrote a diss track that also…
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Buried Warnings: Huascarán’s 1970 Avalanche and the Cost of Silence
On a clear Sunday in 1970, Peru’s tallest mountain let go. Rock and ancient ice sheared off Huascarán’s north face,…
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Forbidden Descent: The Finnish Divers Who Broke a Ban to Bring Their Friends Home
The ban was supposed to close the underwater cavern to everyone. Instead, it set in motion one of the most…
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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…
