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Research has found that stress can be the cause of excessive social media usage. Treating stress can be the first step to cutting back on screen time.

Curiosity-driven exploration is more likely to help you retain information than having a more urgent mindset, according to a recent study.

If Leonard White shows you around the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, there’s a good chance he will hand you an actual brain. It weighs about three pounds, but unlike the squishy one in your skull, brains preserved for study feel rubbery. And visitors love to hold them.  “They respond with wonder, with excitement, with maybe a bit of nervousness, but with amazing curiosity,” says White. “And it’s a very rewarding experience for my guests, as well as for myself.”  

Get moments of stillness and thoughtfulness in a chaotic world in 2023. Thinking Egg reminds you to slow down and rest. But does it work?

Amanda Gefter writes about how our body twitches during REM sleep affect our dreams, and the scientific theories about why we dream.