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Phones at meals affect memory of food
Eating with phone may cause brain to forget part of meal.
Psychologies · 1m
Why Less Desire to Go Out Can Be a Positive Sign
Science shows that choosing solitude improves mental health, not isolation.
Psychologies · 1m
Butterfly Wings Create Optical Illusions to Avoid Predators
Researchers filmed butterflies at 1,000 fps to prove wing patterns confuse predators.
Digital Camera World · 1m
Butterfly Wings Create Illusionary Motion Cues
Butterfly wing patterns and flight create visual illusions that confuse predators.
Nature · 1m
5 daily habits that create happiness after 60
A Harvard researcher found that wellbeing in retirement depends on simple daily choices, not money or location.
Psychologies · 1m
What a toddler knows about living well
A mother watching her son stop for a bird and a shadow finds the health advice she was missing.
Newsweek · 1m
The beauty of a half-chewed beech tree
Rebecca Howard spent two years painting England's rewilded land, dead trees, mud, beaver pools and all.
the Guardian · 2m
How Birds Fight Back Against Predators
Fake broken wings, rattlesnake impressions, and projectile vomit: the surprising arsenal small birds use to stay alive.
Birds and Blooms · 2m