Science

2023-11-21: Humans will go to considerable effort to get obviously useless information

2023-11-10: This interactive visualisation is a great way of explaining or visualising what a given …

2023-10-23: I’m sure no-one needs reminding, but today is National Mole Day. . Nothing to do with small …

2023-10-23: Unsurprisingly, the 'eat 2000 calories a day' recommendation isn't very scientific

2023-10-22: In a recent paper, researchers compared the trends in Google searches that suggest people are …

2023-09-21: What causes the Overton Paradox?

2023-09-15: Over here I wrote about some research from Pew comparing what Twitter users say they do vs what they …

2023-08-28: Experiencing the Dream Machine

2023-08-26: Treating obesity can save lives

2023-08-23: When some of your personalities go blind

2023-08-22: Russia's moon-landing attempt fails, but there's plenty more coming up soon