Earlier this year, Unlikely Collaborators, in partnership with Pod People, launched Science of Perception Box, a podcast that has quickly captured the attention of listeners eager to unravel the ...

The visual perception of optical stimuli demands high performance from the brain. Every second, the eyes absorb more than ten million pieces of information and transmit them to the brain via thousands ...

Does your brain have a mind of its own? Learn how about “Mind Games: The Science of Perception Deception” on Wednesday, March 6, at the St. Charles Public Library. In this engaging program, magician, ...

What we call “pretty” is far less fixed than it feels. Research shows that attraction is shaped by biology, psychology, culture, familiarity, and emotional context—meaning beauty is not just seen, ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Today, instead of our usual news roundup, I’m here to introduce you to our new interim host. I’m ...

Improvements in three-dimensional (3D) scanning have enabled quick and accurate scanning of 3D objects, including cultural heritage objects, as 3D point cloud data. However, conventional ...