Rick Hellman-Kansas

  • Spike Lee at Cannes

    How BlacKkKlansman’s music uses the ‘evil triad’

    Check out this video to see how Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated movie BlacKkKlansman uses an old musical trick to unsettle movie-goers.

  • friends talking at coffee shop

    How long does it take to make a friend?

    "We have to put that time in. You can't snap your fingers and make a friend."

  • little girl kisses mom's pregnant belly

    Telling languages apart may begin in the womb

    "Fetuses can hear things, including speech, in the womb." They may even be able to differentiate between English and Japanese.

  • woman nervously waves hello

    You can’t tell if someone’s hot from photos

    "Physical attractiveness is not fixed; it's malleable," says Jeffrey Hall, whose experiments suggest a problem with finding dates on Tinder.

  • laughing couple

    We all want funny mates but that’s not quite enough

    It's normal to want a partner with a sense of humor, but new research shows it's not enough to crack jokes. Are you the right sort of funny Valentine?