Pocket Archive: Psychology, Behavior & Wellbeing

Between Barden Tower and Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, England, lies one of nature's most dangerous booby traps. It’s a small innocuous-loo...

You’ve probably heard about duck penises—that they’re shaped like corkscrews, and that females have vaginas that corkscrew in the opposite direction. That one’s easy. But animal sex gets a whole lot weirder, with sexual dismemberment, servitude, and freaky parasitism that makes the duck’s corkscrew seem practically…um…straight? The current issue of our magazine is all about \[…\]

There are countless genes that govern different aspects of cats' fur color, length, patterns and other properties. These mutations create the beautiful and unique patterns that we love, but they can sometimes also create unexpectedly interesting designs. We'd like to take this opportunity to pay homage to our internet overlords by showcasing some of the most interesting cat coat patterns that we've seen online.

I tell you, the Careers section of Science magazine is a perpetual source of pain and aggravation. In the latest, Eleftherios Diamandis explains exactly what you need to do to be a success in scien…

According to feline researchers, cats often get maligned as aloof and even spiteful, when many of them are quite social and eager to interact.

Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji are preparing for their journey to China. Help the Smithsonian's National Zoo celebrate and say goodbye!

The ultimate archery trick. Proving that Hollywood archery is not historical.It is not possible to tell the whole story about archery in a 5 minute video.so ...

An animated guide to 42 different species of butterflies.

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Research project aims to discover how age, size and shape of woodlands affect people’s happiness and wellbeing

An XKCD comic — and its many remixes — perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research

Migration patterns, cultural ties, geographic regions and class differences all shape speaking patterns

Scorsese’s latest film looks to the past, but misses the larger picture.

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Regular coffee consumption can enhance concentration and improve motor control and alertness by inducing functional and connectivity changes in the brain, a new imaging study shows.

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The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.

I am an unequivocal rationalist and yet I still want to see something strange and wonderful in life’s weird coincidences

Frequent bad dreams during middle and older age may accelerate cognitive decline and increase risk for dementia, especially in men, new research suggests.

The new study showed the moon's influence on sleep duration and quality, with some participants in a multi-year experiment seeing shorter rest on nights during the waxing period compared to what was observed in the waning interval.

This paper assessed whether belief in conspiracy theories was associated with a particularly cognitive style (worldview). The sample comprised 223 volunteers...