(Explore Your Mind) How many times do you find yourself reacting too strongly to a negative comment? Knowing what your emotional buttons are and the consequences for pushing them is the subject of a research study that was conducted recently.
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We’re Beings of Light: Simply Imagining a Bright Light Can Be Enough to Change Your Pupil Size, Study Finds
(Carly Cassella) What goes on in our minds is usually a private affair, but sometimes, our eyes can betray our thoughts. When someone is thinking of a bright image, their pupils will noticeably shrink, researchers have found, even if there’s nothing to look at and they weren’t anticipating light.
Students Ditch Their Phones For a Week, Report Feeling Happier & More Refreshed
(Paul Joseph Watson) Students at a university in New York who took part in a test to go without their cellphones for a week reported that they felt refreshed, happier, more focused and more relaxed.
When Money is Scarce, Biased Behavior Happens Faster
(Science Daily) Discrimination may happen faster than the blink of an eye, especially during periods of economic scarcity, according to a new study from Cornell University.
Mainstream Entomologist Claims That Mars Is Covered in Bug-Shaped Things, And He Has ‘Proof’
(Michelle Starr) The search for evidence of microbial life on Mars – whether fossil or extant – is ramping up, and it’s even being included in the mission statements of future Mars missions. According to one scientist, though, we may have already found life on Mars, and it’s not titchy microbes, but strapping great bugs.
Neuroscience: Can You Inherit Knowledge?
(Exploring Your Mind) A new study has just been published about the possibility of inheriting knowledge. The results of the study have called into question the Weismann barrier.
New Study Shows That DMT Puts Your Brain In A “Waking Dream” State
(John Vibes) A study led by a team of researchers at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, demonstrated that people under the influence of DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) show brain wave patterns similar to a dreaming state while they are awake.
The Starchild Skull Artifact Encourages A Reassessment Of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
(Merrill Cushman) The Starchild skull artifact is one of many that has been ignored by the mainstream, and one of many that calls into question Darwin’s theory of evolution. Why have so many discoveries, like this one, been completely ignored by mainstream academia and mainstream media? What is going on here?
Peroxynitrite: A Dangerous Link Between GMOs and Wi-fi
(Ralph Flores) People are living in dangerous times – that much is a given. But what people don’t know is that these “dangers” are already close by, chief of which are poor diet and lifestyle choices.
A New Theory of Brain Organization Takes Aim at the Mystery of Consciousness
(Neuroscience News) Consciousness is one of the brain’s most enigmatic mysteries. A new theory, inspired by thermodynamics, takes a high-level perspective of how neural networks in the brain transiently organize to give rise to memories, thought and consciousness.
How Our Brains Remember Things Depends upon How We Learn Them
(Neuroscience New) Oxford University researchers have discovered that learned knowledge is stored in different brain circuits depending on how we acquire it.
Orgonite Goes Mainstream, Celebrities Start Using and Promoting Life Giving Energy Device
(Justin Deschamps) Vital energy, sometimes called prana or chi, is quickly becoming the latest health craze. In early 2019, search engines saw a 100% increase in searches of the health-imparting substance. Orgonite is made from resins, natural crystals, conductive metals, and other substances, which users report impart healing, reduce electromagnetic pollution, keep food fresh, and much more. In recent years, big-name celebrities started using orgonite—What do they know that the rest of us don’t?
How Jazz Improvisation Affects the Brain
(Neuroscience News) Jazz artist Louis Armstrong once said, “never play a thing the same way twice.” Although musical improvisation — composing new passages on the spot — is not unique to jazz, it’s perhaps the genre’s most defining element. While improvised jazz solos are spontaneous, there are rules, says Martin Norgaard, associate professor of music […]
Antibiotics: Even Low Use in Children can Have a Negative Impact on Health – New Research
(Oliver van Hecke) GPs in the UK carry out over 300m patient consultations every year and at least a quarter of these deal with children. Almost two-thirds of such appointments are for coughs, sore throats, or earaches – illnesses which young children commonly get. Related Real, Safe, and Trusted Detox Products — Now That You’ve Seen the Bad, […]
Here’s Why Ants Are Practically Immune to Traffic Jams, Even on Crowded Roads
(Carly Cassella) To be an ant is to never get stuck in traffic. It’s one of the many perks (along with super-human strength, an armour-like skeleton and two stomachs, of course).