Why Spotify replaced its iconic green logo with a disco ball — and what the viral Spotify 20 symbol really meansSpotify users across the world suddenly noticed something unusual this week. The familiar green Spotify logo looked different. A shiny disc...
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Why starting with small chores can make cleaning easierPsychological research reveals that the order of daily activities significantly impacts perceived effort, fatigue, and satisfaction. Primac...
07 May, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
African proverb of the day: “The eye never forgets what the heart has seen” – life lessons on human nature, emotions and why the heart remembers what the mind cannot forgetAfrican proverb of the day, “The eye never forgets what the heart has seen,” meaning explained, highlights deep African wisdom on memory an...
29 Apr, 2026, 08.39 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Nikola Tesla, “When intuition outruns discipline, the mind begins to.....” Lessons from a visionary mind: how intuition without discipline can quietly distort truth, mislead brilliance, and turn intelligence into its own most dangerous illusionQuote of the by Nikola Tesla, “When intuition outruns discipline, the mind begins to....Nikola Tesla filed 300 patents across his lifetime....
28 Apr, 2026, 06.57 AM IST
Closing Your Eyes During a Conversation? Psychologists Say It Helps Reset Cognitive LoadClosing your eyes during conversations isn't odd; it's a cognitive tool. Psychologists reveal this brief act reduces mental strain, allowin...
04 Feb, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
The Psychology of Everyday Experience: Why People Who Write Lists by Hand Remember Tasks Better Than App UsersForget digital reminders! Writing tasks by hand significantly boosts memory retention. This deeper mental engagement, involving motor skill...
02 Feb, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
He was a keen artist and got imprisoned at 11: How a rebellious boy ended up discovering the brain’s greatest secret, winning him a Nobel PrizeSantiago Ramón y Cajal’s transformation from a rebellious 11-year-old prisoner to a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist is a tale of perseve...
12 Sep, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
More than 90% of India’s Gen Z agree on one thing about how they work best: Report uncovers itA recent report highlights that over 90% of Indian Gen Z professionals consider visual communication skills crucial for their careers. They...
10 Sep, 2025, 06.21 PM IST
Festive cheer with GST 2.0; Amazon’s $200 million NBFC betHappy Friday! Ecommerce is expected to win big this festive season on the back of new GST relief. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning D...
05 Sep, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
CyLnr to develop real-world solutions, use neuroscience for roboticsThe initiative titled Visual Neuroscience for Cybernetics will study the manner in which the brain processes depth, motion, and object cont...
04 Sep, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Is our brain a time machine? Study reveals we might be seeing the past, not the presentA 2022 study published in Science Advances reveals that what we see may actually be an illusion based on images from up to 15 seconds ago. ...
04 Jul, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
Did you know that your vision actually keeps developing till your early 40s?The brain's vision-processing centre was previously thought to mature and stabilise in the first few years of life.
30 May, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
Short memory delay leads to errors in lifeBrain initially reflects the goal accurately but errors accumulate during a memory delay and further escalate during the final action, say ...
21 Apr, 2016, 12.53 PM IST
IISc team working on how to train computers 'see' objectsScientists at the Indian Institute of Science are studying how computers can be trained to “see” objects, in what is an attempt to replicat...
28 Mar, 2016, 10.18 PM IST
Creativity may share genetic roots with schizophreniaPrevious studies have identified a link between creativity and psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder, but it has remained unclear ...
13 Jun, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
- 4 Indian-American scientists receive US presidential award
Barack Obama has named four Indian-American scientists among 96 researchers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awar...
24 Jul, 2012, 11.43 AM IST
- US presidential award for three Indian American scientists
Obama has named three Indian American scientists among 96 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists ...
24 Jul, 2012, 10.37 AM IST