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Why do we love the smell of rain? It's not just nostalgia. Discover the evolutionary biology and chemistry behind Petrichor and Geosmin, the scent humans are more sensitive to than sharks are to blood.
Millions of people clearly remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s. But he didn't. Are we shifting timelines, or is our brain playing tricks? Discover the science of collective false memories.
Ever feel like years are flying by faster than they used to? Discover the surprising neuroscience and psychology behind why our perception of time accelerates as we get older.
That eerie feeling that 'I have been here before' isn't a psychic premonition. It's a specific neurological glitch involving memory circuits and split-second delays.
It's not bad luck. It's physics. Discover the mathematical 'Knot Theory' that proves any cord longer than 46cm will spontaneously tangle itself.
The internet is becoming a ghost town populated by AI bots talking to other AI bots. Discover the Dead Internet Theory and the looming threat of 'Habsburg AI'.
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