The Morgan Freeman Fallacy: How Much of Your Brain Are You Using?
“It is estimated that most human beings only use ten percent of their brain,” Morgan Freeman intones in the movie Lucy. Central to the...
The Smoking Monkey Memo
The inventor of the airplane seatbelt was a man ahead of his time. It's an over-used expression but in this case, it applies: engineer...
Hacking Flow
In sports, it’s called being in the zone. I’m talking about those moments when self vanishes, time seems to slow down, and you are...
Neuroscience, Decision-making, and Strippers
Decision making: there are countless books about it because, lets face it, decisions are at the epicenter of what we humans do. Make the...
Breaking a Barrier: On Doing the Impossible
Breaking through barriers: we humans love it! Not necessarily putting ourselves at risk, but living vicariously through someone else,...
Caveperson Chemistry: Rewriting Our Family Tree
Located in the mountains of southwestern Siberia, the Denisova Cave takes its name from a Russian hermit named Denis, rumored to have...
Stereotype Threat, or, Secret Messages and You
One of the most disorienting ideas in Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow is just how susceptible...
Grab a Free Hour: a How-To
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an extra hour in each day? Imagine how much more you could get done with another 60 minutes of free time....
The Bumpy Elevator Ride to the Top
Allegedly, this year Noah has knocked out Michael as the most popular baby boy name in the US. Perhaps among the names least likely to...
The Weed in your Brain
Taraxacum is not some newly found dinosaur. It is the scientific name for the pesky weed commonly called the dandelion. The dandelion...
