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The average person is exposed to an overwhelming amount of information daily—from news updates and social media feeds to work emails and personal texts. Research suggests we encounter roughly 34 ...

Imagine a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. Now think about a cascade of water flowing down those same stairs. The ball and the water behave very differently, and it turns out that your brain has ...

A new study finds parts of the brain’s visual cortex are specialized to analyze either 'things' like solid objects or 'stuff,' flowing materials like water or sand. This image is an example of what ...