Walking on TreesHuman Bipedalism May Have Begun in Trees, New Study Suggests Contrary to the belief that humans first walked on two legs on land, new research highlights how tree cover was integral to human evolution. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Swear To God!Why Swearing Can Make Us Sound More Convincing, According to Science An analysis of 100 papers on swearing revealed it to be "undeniably different from and more powerful than other forms of language use." By Devrupa Rakshit
Remixing EmotionsWhy People Hate Remakes of Songs They Love When remakes alter a song that's special to us, it can feel like they're trying to manipulate our memories. By Devrupa Rakshit
Immortal With a CostWhat Jellyfish Can Tell Us About Immortality Emerging research is beginning to study a species of jellyfish for its regenerative abilities -- this could unlock keys to our own longevity. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Emptier The Glass...Why We Find Pessimists to be More Intelligent By seeming rather oblivious to risks that a pessimist would hurry to point out, optimists can end up looking less intelligent by default. By Devrupa Rakshit
Are You Smarter Than a Baby?Researchers Develop AI That Can Think Like a Human Baby The AI, named PLATO, was trained to "address the gap between humans and machines" by drawing on developmental psychology. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Reframing The NarrativePeople With Dyslexia May Be Better Than Others at Making Some Decisions, Suggests Research "The deficit-centered view of dyslexia isn't telling the whole story." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Balancing LifeInability To Balance on One Leg for 10 Seconds Is Linked to Risk of Early Death, Study Shows People who can't balance on one leg for 10 seconds are twice as likely to experience adverse health events within the following 10 years. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Oh Baby Baby!Why People Are Obsessed With Babies of Celebrities It seems as if we've somehow managed to put the onus of uplifting a society riddled with a variety of evils on their baby shoulders. By Devrupa Rakshit
It's A Win-Win!How Comforting a Friend Can Help Reduce Our Own Distress "Instead of being a passive observer, actively helping to reduce another person’s suffering has the added benefit of reducing your own." By Devrupa Rakshit
Universally TragicWhy Celebrity Deaths Often Feel Like Personal Tragedies “...it can feel like losing someone close to us because they may have been integral in some of our happiest or saddest moments.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Can You Turn It Down Please?How Music May Make People Less Cautious While Driving, Working “[T]he presence of music — vs. silence — affected performance... It led participants to make faster and also less accurate decisions.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Bland ExperienceWhy Food Tastes Bad on Airplanes The constant humming noise, pressurized cabin, and dry air suppress our sense of smell and diminish our ability to taste. By Devrupa Rakshit
Who Wants to Live Forever?Scientists Are Finding Ways to Reverse Ageing. Is It Worth It? Science has always searched for the elusive fountain of youth. But only some benefit when aging is made slower -- or halted completely. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Vanilla VibesNew Research Finds Vanilla as the Most Universally Appealing Scent Across Cultures "Traditionally it has been seen as cultural, but we can show that culture has very little to do with it." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
"Just Letting You Know..."Why Most People Hold Off on Giving Constructive Feedback People may underestimate the potential of their input to improve others’ outcomes, according to a new research. By Devrupa Rakshit
Not Making An ExcuseWhy Stress Makes the Most Empathetic People Less Kind Cortisol, the "stress hormone," alters brain activity in regions linked to social decision making, reducing altruistic behavior. By Devrupa Rakshit
But Is It Healthy?Why Hating Groups, Institutions Gives People a Sense of Purpose in Life “[M]any prominent cultural figures or political movements gain a lot of steam when they have a clear, identifiable enemy that they are fighting against.” By Devrupa Rakshit