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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'.
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.
It's not bad luck. It's physics. Discover the mathematical 'Knot Theory' that proves any cord longer than 46cm will spontaneously tangle itself.
Why does coffee taste weak at altitude? The lowered boiling point of water leads to under-extraction, while dry cabin air kills your sense of smell.
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.
Discover the true, gritty history of Black Friday. It wasn't about profits; it was about a gold market crash and a police department pushed to the brink.
Discover why the QWERTY keyboard layout is designed to be inefficient. It wasn't built for speed; it was built to solve a mechanical problem from 1873.
Discover the terrifying reality of the Kessler Syndrome. One satellite collision could trigger a chain reaction that locks humanity on Earth for centuries.