The IKEA effect: why do we like possessions we had a hand in making?
Ever wondered why you’re so fond of the wonky bookcase you put together yourself? Come find out!
Why some of us are bad at maths
Why are some of us good at maths and some of us bad at maths?
Why we get left and right confused
How do we develop our sense of left and right? How it can go wrong? And why can sudden left-right confusion tell us that someone is having a stroke?
Why we can't remember being born
Does the memory of your own birth disappear? Or was it never there in the first place?
Why time speeds up as we get older
Summer seemed to last forever when we were young but is now only five minutes long. What gives?
Why do we catch yawns?
Started yawning already? Find out why you can catch yawns from other humans and even other animals…
Why do people swear?
Need some debating points to challenge someone who thinks profanity is a sign of poor vocabulary? I can help.
What makes child prodigies different from other children
A chat with my guest Zack Cahill about the research on whether child prodigies are made or born.