Scientific Reports

Forager infants get nine hours of attentive care a day from up to 15 people. What would daycare look like if we copied that?

Every word arrives clearly on a phone speaker — so why is it exhausting? The science of listening effort, and how to design audio that isn't.

A 15-month-old, a street busker, and the ADHD brain science that separates flow from hyperfocus — and why the switch costs so much.

Beatriz Flamini spent 500 days underground and thought less time had passed. What isolation science reveals about how we perceive time.

Daniel wants to sing in the sandwich line. Here's what the science says about group singing, embarrassment, and why we don't.

A dad noticed his toddler sleeps with one arm raised — just like him. Is that genes, imitation, or a story we tell ourselves?

Bird strikes happen about 53 times a day in the U.S. — and the real story is far stranger than the flaming-engine footage.

A deep garage should be cool. It isn't. A 20th-floor concrete core should be neutral. It isn't. Here's the physics.