The results may come as a surprise and even a bit disheartening. Our contemporaries dedicate a significant amount of ti…
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Dr. Jackson has always been fascinated by how our brains work, how easily they can be tricked, and how quickly they find the right solutions. Recently, the biologist and BBC…
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We learned in school that humans have five basic senses. However, modern philosophers and neurobiologists argue that we possess a whole spectrum of senses that help us understand the world…
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Health & Beauty
We overlook the exhaustion of women while overestimating the fatigue of men, according to NASA.
Men might like to think of themselves as the more resilient representatives of the human race. However, scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have found that men’s fatigue…
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Do you believe that you become more forgetful as you age? It turns out that just the thought of impending forgetfulness is enough to trigger a decline in mental activity.…
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It turns out that humans can recognize a scent in just 0.06 seconds. That’s about a third of the time it takes to blink and nearly as long as it…
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Of course, time doesn’t literally flow more slowly—it’s just that our perception of it changes in nature. When we stroll through parks and forests, it seems to slow down. In…
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A team of researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden claims that insufficient and restless sleep can often make us feel ten years older. To determine how sleep affects our…
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We often hear that 60 is the new 50. Recently, society has started to lean towards the idea that 70 is the new 60. A new study from Humboldt University…
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As we age, our perception of the world around us changes along with our bodies. Our senses of taste, smell, hearing, and sight become less acute. A new study has…
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Researchers have found that being overly focused on sleep can have detrimental effects. Instead, it’s more beneficial to simply feel like you’ve had a good night’s rest. For a positive…
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Health & Beauty
The effect of small portions: scientists have discovered a simple hack for weight loss.
Researchers from Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an, China, have unveiled a new weight loss strategy. During their study, scientists showed volunteers photographs of food items that weighed the same. However,…
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A team of researchers from the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg has concluded that people over 50 tend to have the most negative attitudes toward “permanent” body…
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What Is Beauty? It’s interesting to ponder the question: what is beauty? It’s a tough one to answer because we are all different, perceiving and interpreting the world in our…
