Recency bias makes recent information more influential than older information.

The anchoring bias causes people to rely too heavily on the first piece of information they encounter.

Terror management theory suggests much of human behavior is unconsciously driven by fear of mortality.

The Dunning-Kruger effect describes how people with limited knowledge overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs.

Glass is technically neither a solid nor a liquid — it's an amorphous solid, or supercooled liquid.

Dogs can experience separation anxiety.

Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) is showing significant promise in clinical trials for depression, addiction, and end-of-life anxiety.

The placebo effect works even when patients know they're taking a placebo.

The placebo effect can produce measurable physiological changes.