


Your Brain Thinks in Sci-Fi: Scientists Just Witnessed Human Intelligence Being Born
The brain is a black box that occasionally spills its secrets. This time, it revealed something extraordinary: the ability to store memories free from the context they were learned in. That trick—decontextualized memory—is the foundation of human intelligence. Dr....
Human Intelligence Just Got Weirder—Neurons Store Memories Without Context
For decades, scientists thought they had memory all figured out—at least the rodent version. Rats, it seemed, stored memories like meticulous little librarians, linking every experience to its specific context. Find a piece of cheese in one corner of a maze? That’s...
Painting Away the Apocalypse? Group Art May Be as Powerful as Antidepressants for Older Adults
Aging isn’t for the faint of heart. Bodies rebel, friends vanish, and the world speeds ahead like a bullet train nobody invited you onto. But somewhere between existential dread and yet another doctor’s appointment, science may have found a lifeline—paintbrushes,...