Scientists have found a simple way to slow brain aging — it’s in almost every kitchen. Image source: dzen.ru A tablespoon of olive oil — and your brain ages more...

Capgras syndrome reminds us of the fragility of perception: what we take for granted is held together by invisible threads of neural connections Some people one day realize with horror...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stranded in space for half a year Let’s imagine you go on a business trip for eight days and don’t come back for eight months....

Scientists outsmarted pure sound enthusiasts using an ordinary banana Imagine: you spent several hundred dollars on an oxygen-free copper audio cable with gold-plated connectors, sat down in your chair, put...

Musical age: at what point do we stop discovering new things. At 20, a new song could turn your whole day around. At 35, you more often hit play on...

Artistic depiction of WOH G64, one of the largest known stars. Image source: iflscience.com Imagine a star so enormous that if placed where the Sun is, it would engulf Jupiter’s...

The atmospheric night glow can be seen with the naked eye, but only far from cities You’ve probably seen photos on social media of a strange glow in the night...

A late dinner seems like a harmless habit, but your blood vessels categorically disagree Many of us are used to eating dinner late — after work, after a workout, and...

When you eat pineapple, it eats you back You’ve probably noticed: after a few slices of fresh pineapple, your tongue starts tingling, your lips go slightly numb, and sometimes your...

Scientists explained why adhesive tape makes such an unpleasant sound You’ve probably heard this sound hundreds of times — the sharp, piercing screech that adhesive tape makes when you unroll...