In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. Imagine this. You’re sitting… somewhere. You have no idea where, because it’s pitch black. But then, out of nowhere, you see three flashes of light in rapid succession. They appear to occur along a straight […]
In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. Any cat owner knows how much our feline friends seem to bask in the coziness of a box. In fact, cats appear to derive so much comfort from enclosed spaces that their fondness for boxes […]
In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. SURE, TIME FLIES flies when you’re having fun. Time also seems to stretch out like an old rubber band when you’re stuck in endless back-to-back Zoom work meetings. The latter is an example of chronostasis, a […]
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In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. OUR SENSES ARE FALLIBLE. Our eyes can be fooled by everything from mirages to pictures of dresses that may or may not be blue and black (or white and gold), our ears by “endlessly rising” tones […]
In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. WE’VE ALL WONDERED how it might feel to inhabit a body that is not our own. The idea of body transfer has been a science fiction staple from the 1882 novel Vice Versa to the ongoing […]
Why some people have recurring bad dreams and what they can do stop them.
The auditory illusion ‘speech-to-song’ makes people hear spoken phrases as melodies. But before that, this was common in sampling in hip-hop.
In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. USUALLY, pilots can navigate through cloudy and foggy conditions. They’re trained to do this. Substantially lowered visibility leaves them needing clarification and direction, and for that their instruments are essential. But in very rare cases, disagreement […]
In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. THE FIRST TIME I had cilantro, I sat in the car with my mother, eating tacos from her favorite spot. As I settled in and took my first bite, I was immediately disgusted and spit […]
