Navigating by sound isn’t just for bats! If you can hear, you can probably learn to echolocate. Find out how.

Your brain’s doing its best, but what you see isn’t reality. It's more like a useful hallucination that lets you interact with the world.

What makes an animal cute, and why is that sometimes a bad thing?

Spoiler alert: it’s far more than five

… and why this research could get us to Mars.

Can you see the world in your mind’s eye, or is it all a blank? Come find out why not everyone has mental imagery.

I spent 10 years researching synaesthesia and I’ve squashed all my knowledge into one blog!

I thought it was about brain structure, but it’s actually about language!

Find out what’s happening in the brain when you have an out of body experience, and how to trick yourself into having one!

This picture looks like it’s in full colour but it’s really black-and-white with an overlaid grid of colour. How does it work?

You like potato and I like potahto, so let's do some science and find out why.

It’s called pareidolia and it’s amazing! But why do our brains do it?

Summer seemed to last forever when we were young but is now only five minutes long. What gives?

Ever had a strange but nice tingly sensation in your scalp while watching a video? That’s ASMR - but why does it happen?

Maybe they’re real; maybe it’s just magnets.

Did England do well in the 2018 Men’s World Cup because they were wearing red?

Quick, take a selfie! Now, click to find out why you’re likely to have shown one side of your face to the camera.