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An average human sleeps for a third of his or her life (1). Other animals can display great variation in their time spent sleeping, ranging from the koala…
Chemists and physicists have heavily debated the seemingly simple question of why ice is slippery. Intuition tells us that liquids are mobile and that their presence reduces friction…
Synesthesia, a rare neurological condition, describes an involuntary, automatic union of the senses or secondary experience caused by an external stimulus. The word “synesthesia” comes from the Greek…
At one time or another, most of us have experienced “pruney” fingers, or the exaggerated wrinkling of fingers and toes that results from prolonged exposure to water. Until…
The Flynn Effect is the observation that intelligence quotient (IQ) test scores have, on average, increased significantly from the 1930s to the present day. IQ tests are intended…