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How Memory Replay Lets Your Brain Mentally Time Travel
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (1568+ words) You may even be rewriting your past without realizing it. What surprised Wilson was that he kept hearing these signals as his furry test subject fell asleep. Not only were place cells still firing, but they were firing the same…...
Your Brain Restricts Full Access to Reality. But Scientists Found a Way to Turn Off the Filter.
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (475+ words) Could psychedelics be the key to unlocking higher consciousness? " What you are seeing, hearing, smelling, what your internal state is like, how your body feels. All these sorts of things coalesce into consciousness," Redinbaugh says. The thalamus sits in a…...
In a Groundbreaking First, Scientists Found a Way to Unlock Your Long-Lost Childhood Memories
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (475+ words) Scientists created a simple tool that let people unlock the ability to access their hidden pasts. You could replicate a version of it at home, too. The experiment surfaced memories he was certain he had forgotten entirely. The implications of…...
This Teenager Can Revisit Her Memories So Clearly That Scientists Think She May Be Time Traveling
2+ day, 36+ min ago (322+ words) On the latest episode of "The Astounding Pop Mech Show," Jamie Sorcher and Andrew Daniels unpack what hyperthymesia could reveal about consciousness. Most of us are lucky if we can remember what we had for breakfast yesterday. But one teenage…...
This Signal Haunted Astronomers for 160 Years. Then a New Clue Appeared'and It May Have Solved the Mystery.
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (388+ words) Soviet scientists had allegedly made headway decades ago, and their lost research has finally resurfaced. Around 20 percent of B-type stars are actually Be stars, and their spectra are variable, meaning they change with time. Although Secchi first noticed Gamma Cas's…...
Teenager Discovers Ring on a Hike'Turns Out, It's 1, 800 Years Old
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (87+ words) Yair Whiteson, a 13-year-old aspiring archeologist, discovered an 1, 800-year-old ring while hiking near the Khirbet Shalala archeological site on Mount Carmel....
I've Been Testing Ergonomic Keyboards for Months. This Is How I Got Comfortable Without Slowing Down.
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (678+ words) Switching to a split keyboard can feel strange at first, but making a few practical adjustments can make the learning curve much more manageable. Once I accepted that it wasn't going to feel comfortable right away and approached it as…...
Archaeologists Were Examining a Tomb'and Found a 2, 300-Year-Old Bottle of Beer
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (519+ words) The beer, made from cereal grains and masterfully fermented, was remarkably well-preserved for its age. If you think you like your alcohol aged to perfection, a recent discovery in China has a response: Hold my beer. Excavations inside Tomb M39 at…...
Some People Are Trapped Inside Their Bodies'A Hidden Form of Consciousness Is to Blame
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (604+ words) No movement, no speech'but there's still hope for those with this frightening form of awareness. Imagine playing a game of tennis. Perhaps you can visualize tossing a fuzzy neon ball into the air with one hand. The swift motion of…...
I Study the Universe. Everything Scientists Know About Dark Energy'And the End of the World'Could Be Wrong.
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (21+ words) Popular Mechanics...