the brain

William of Occam would have hated conspiracy theories. A 14th-century philosopher and Franciscan friar, William is celebrated for developing the "law of parsimony," better known today as "Occam's razor." According to the razor principle, the...

Why do you dream about flying or losing all your teeth?

No, it's not astrology

You just have to spend more time together at home

Blame 'pareidolia' - a phenomenon that makes us see all kinds of things

A surprising new paper argues that consciousness is just a bit player in the human brain