Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes - think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke - is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...

A hands-on physics experiment demonstrates how a basic self-braking pulley works, explaining the forces and friction that allow it to stop itself without extra mechanisms. Hits you didn't know were ...

Have you ever noticed certain numbers appearing repeatedly in your life? Perhaps you glance at the clock, and it always seems to say 11:11, or you keep seeing the number 222 on license plates, ...

Body language is a silent orchestra, as people constantly give clues to what they’re thinking and feeling. Non-verbal messages including body movements, facial expressions, vocal tone and volume, and ...

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