About 20 years ago, a neuroscientist named David Eagleman strapped a bunch of students into harnesses, hoisted them to the top of an imposing metal tower, and then, without warning, dropped them 150 ...

Every bit of film or video you’ve ever seen is a mind trick, an optical illusion of continuous movement based on flashing 24 to 30 slightly different images into your eyes every second. The wetware ...

Not a day goes by without the publication of a new think piece calling for a need to slow down in the face of the frantic pace of the internet age. There’s a Slow Food movement and even a Slow Sex ...