These 8 brainy movies get the neuroscientist stamp of approval (…almost)

Memory expert Steve Ramirez…

On the trail of Boston’s missing “R”s

How did Bostonians drop their “R”s? A BU linguistics class that follows the path of dialects studied why

Why we’re drawn to characters who act badly — and what that says about us

BU professor Mina Tsay-Vogel explains the unique allure of the anti-hero.

Dexter, the honorable serial killer. Walter White, the meth-cooking…

Misstatement of the Union: What Trump Got Wrong on Immigration

An immigration law scholar fact-checks President Trump’s State of the Union claims

The five oddest clauses in the U.S. Constitution

Law professor Jay Wexler sheds light on nation’s founding document and its quirks

Charles Manson and the perversion of the American dream

Fame — more than art, more than religion, more than money — motivated Manson as he careened from prison, to musician, to murder

The unique role fungi plays in climate change

Biologist Jennifer Talbot studies molds, mushrooms and other dirt-dwellers (and their impact on the environment)