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The Cure for your Aging Brain

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The Cure for your Aging Brain

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Childhood, the evolutionary gift

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:19:51 -0500

Childhood, the evolutionary gift

See this little guy? He’s called Amblyomma americanium,...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:53:46 -0400

See this little guy? He’s called Amblyomma americanium, the Lone Star tick. And one bite from him can turn you into a vegetarian.

What scares you? Fear is a powerful evolutionary survival...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:00:19 -0400

What scares you?

Fear is a powerful evolutionary survival mechanism. But sometimes it goes wrong, resulting in phobias. What do you know about this common mental condition?

Bus Psychology 101: Do you use any of these tricks to keep the...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:14:00 -0400

Bus Psychology 101: Do you use any of these tricks to keep the seat next to you empty? We engage in all sorts of behavior to avoid others, pretending to be busy, checking phones, rummaging through bags, looking past people or falling asleep. Sometimes we even don a ‘don’t bother me face’ or what’s known as the ‘hate stare.”

If so, you’re not alone. Here’s why.

One of the original ads for Northern touted that it’s...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:29:00 -0400

One of the original ads for Northern touted that it’s tissue was “splinter free!” What else do you know about toilet paper?

Skimpy shorts, bare chests, and barely-there swimsuits – it’s no...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:19:14 -0400

Skimpy shorts, bare chests, and barely-there swimsuits – it’s no wonder there’s a popular conception that summer = sex. But does this assumption stand up to scientific scrutiny?

Deadlines, schmedlines. We should be putting off for tomorrow...

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:43:51 -0400

Deadlines, schmedlines. We should be putting off for tomorrow what we don’t feel like doing today, say some social scientists.

Feel groggy and disoriented after a nap? UR doin’ it...

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:39:00 -0400

Feel groggy and disoriented after a nap? UR doin’ it wrong. Make the nano nap work for you.

dailymedical: Even When You Aren’t Happy, Smiling Can Alleviate...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:13:28 -0400

dailymedical:

Even When You Aren’t Happy, Smiling Can Alleviate Stress

Researchers have found that the old aphorism ‘Grin and bear it’ actually may have its roots in science and medicine. A new study found that, for people under stress, smiling helped them cope with stress, even if they were not actually happy.

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It’s an election season in the U.S. – and time to haul out the...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:12:30 -0400

It’s an election season in the U.S. – and time to haul out the ideological arguments on…well, just about everything. Why do liberals and conservatives disagree so fundamentally on everything?

Politics Affects How We Perceive Temperature

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:16:36 -0400

Politics Affects How We Perceive Temperature

What do you get when you put 10,000 Olympians, many of them in...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:43:32 -0400

What do you get when you put 10,000 Olympians, many of them in their sexual prime, into one village? “What happens in London, Stays in London.”

Why do we hoard? Easy. We like our lives the way we are, and...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:02:31 -0400

Why do we hoard? Easy. We like our lives the way we are, and want to keep them that way. But what can we do about it?

Can We Put a Price on Good Mental Health?

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:43:50 -0400

It’s a common phrase in lawsuits: “For pain and suffering.” But are we doing people a favor by awarding them huge financial settlements? Or should we instead award them good mental health care? Recently released research suggests that an increase in income, whether on a national or individual level, is over 30 times less effective in increasing happiness than good mental health.

Keeping our body at a consistent temperature is an important but...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:18:43 -0400

Keeping our body at a consistent temperature is an important but sometimes smelly process. A glass of sweat, if you could get one, would have virtually zero odor. But spend anytime in a gym, or in a crowd on a hot day, and you know that sweat stinks. Why?

IMO, BMI was awful. This has to be better. dailymedical: ABSI:...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:01:54 -0400

IMO, BMI was awful. This has to be better.

dailymedical:

ABSI: A New, Better Way to Measure Obesity?

BMI has been controversial – for example, even though many body builders’ frames have only 10 percent fat, putting their height and weight into a BMI calculator would often turn up a number that would identify them as overweight.

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91 Hangover cures (from 1961): The morning after the night...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:04:00 -0400

91 Hangover cures (from 1961): The morning after the night before can be brutal. But is the hope for some relief worth sniffing gas fumes? Stuffing a raw onion? If those don’t appeal to you, here are 89 more “guaranteed” remedies to try.

Have you met the Fomorian?

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:29:43 -0400

Have you met the Fomorian?