Headtrip
Things aren't always what they seem. Human experience of the world is riddled with illusions, glitches, and other quirky phenomena. In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between.
Latest Headtrip Stories
Why do clock hands seem to slow down?
Why what we see influences what we hear
Is there such a thing as a smell illusion?
Why our brains think fake hands are part of our bodies
Why do people have recurring nightmares?
These auditory illusions make people hear phrases as melodies
How pilots end up in a ‘death spiral’
Why food tastes wildly different to different people
Why childhood memories of smells are so powerful and emotional
The secret to mirages has surprisingly little to do with your brain
Why our brains hear words and songs in random noise
Why it’s hard to tell if moon craters are holes or bumps
Why you want to barf when you see something gross
