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‘Aha’ Moments Seem to Come Out of Nowhere. How Does the Brain Create These Sudden Bursts of Insight?

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...
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The Moonlight of Freedom

Parashat Bo teaches that freedom begins when time itself is redeemed, and as long as Jews continue to lift their eyes ...

Memory justifications remain surprisingly stable even as memories fade over time, study shows

While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and ...

The average attention span has shrunk to roughly 40 seconds. Here’s how to get it back.

Cognitive scientists explain what’s driving the precipitous decline in our ability to focus—and offer evidence-based ...

'Sapiens' author says the real AI timeline is 200 years — but the 'lack of concern' today is what scares him most

Yuval Noah Harari says AI's deepest social and political consequences will unfold over centuries, not years, and says ...