Quote of the Week
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Albert PikeTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
The kindness of strangers inspires a new theory of human connection
A University of Georgia sociologist gives a name to brief, unexpectedly warm encounters between strangers and explores their possible role in belonging.
Ancient keepsakes may have helped shape human memory and identity
A new hypothesis links collected stones and old tools with personal memory, proposing a possible feedback between material culture and human cognition.
Chimpanzees learn vocal communication much like humans learn words
A study of 91 chimpanzees links adult role models to shared use of raspberry-like calls, offering a precise parallel with one aspect of human communication.
A hidden giant planet may explain TOI-2535 b’s strange disappearing act
Seven years of observations show a hot Jupiter’s transits fading from view as gravitational interactions change its orbital alignment.