Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

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The brain’s social-relevance system helps us connect and coordinate with other people, also shaping the decisions we make.

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Watch a movie, play some music, scroll aimlessly, just some of the usual go-tos when boredom hits. But sometimes, your brain wants something a little more random. That’s when you might open your ...

Discover surprising facts about Freecell—from its medical student origins to its brain-boosting benefits and near-universal ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

Brain information can travel up to an impressive 350 miles per hour. Photo Credit: Pexels The spinal cord is the brain’s main connection to the body, sending and receiving important messages.

Every eye has a blind spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina, but the brain fills in the missing information. The eye can blink in just 100 milliseconds, which is quicker than the time ...

Read these 11 fun facts and you’ll know why: 1. The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons). There are about 100 billion in the brain ...