This scientific trick will make you wiser faster. Getting more specific with our generalizations Life is like playing piano with oven mitts on. You go to press one key and end up pressing their ...

In medicine, there's a well-known maxim: never say more than your data allows. It's one of the first lessons learned by clinicians and researchers. Journal editors expect it. Reviewers demand it. And ...

To tackle a hard problem, it is often wise to reuse and recombine existing knowledge. Such an ability to bootstrap enables us to grow rich mental concepts despite limited cognitive resources. Here we ...