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There have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”

Biologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into new research that suggests certain bacteria in your gut can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to life-changing neurological disorders.

There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.

Explore how sperm whales use an array of complex vocalizations to communicate with each other, hunt, and assess their surroundings.

Plato famously described the human psyche as two horses and a charioteer: One horse represented instincts, the other represented emotions, and the charioteer was the rational mind that controlled them.

Explore the science behind how your body and brain process different sensations like touch, pain, temperature, and spatial awareness.

What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that can soothe your nervous system and fuel creativity and connection.

A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.