(Alexander Light) The Pyramids of Giza are an incredible engineering feat and have long been assumed to serve a greater purpose than simply being pharaonic tombs.
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Recharge Your Brain by Ignoring Your Phone for a Few Hours
(Exploring Your Mind) Phones are no longer a technological resource, now they’re friends no one wants to leave at home. However, taking a break from your phone and “going offline” will help recharge your mind and restore higher-level mental skills.
Groundbreaking: Italian Courts Have Ruled that Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors
(Martine Vriens and Dafna Tachover) On January 13, 2020, Turin’s Court of Appeals confirmed a 2017 decision determining that a former Telecom Italia worker’s acoustic neuroma (a benign tumor in the ear) was caused by his mobile phone use. This is the sixth time that an Italian court has affirmed a causal link between cell phone use and brain tumors, including decisions by the High Court of Italy.
MUST READ: New Science Proves That Vaccines Spread Infectious Disease, Causing up to 15 times More Infections among Fully Vaccinated Children
(Ethan Huff) A new peer-reviewed scientific paper published in the journal Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccineshas found that the DTaP vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) is causing children who receive it to become more prone to contracting whooping cough later on in life.
The Empathy Option: The Science of How and Why We Choose to Be Empathetic
(Neuroscience News) You’re flipping through the television channels when you hear the familiar beginning strains of a Sarah McLachlan song. You hastily click to the next channel, before the haunting images of homeless animals appear.
Justified and Unjustified Movie Violence Evokes Different Brain Responses
(Science Daily) The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it will encourage imitation, especially when it is portrayed as “justified.”
30-Year Study Finds Weekly Use Of Disinfectants Greatly Increases Your Chances Of Lung Disease
(Amanda Monteiro) A 30-year study conducted by Harvard researchers and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research determined that people who use disinfectants just once a week have a 22-32% of developing lung disease.
Shocking: Report: “Transgenders” More Likely to Kill Than be Killed; Overrepresented Among Pedophiles – The New American
(Justin Deschamps) This is a controversial article, namely because the report it cited suggests that transgender people are more likely to commit murder than those who aren’t transgender. For the record, here at Stillness revere and respect free will choice—we acknowledge it is a valid and sacred human right. And yet, our power of free will doesn’t make is invincible. We still have to contend with reality.
Scientists Successfully Teleport Information Between Two Chips For The First Time
(Alanna Ketler) Information has officially between teleported between two physical chips for the first time. How will this new discovery affect how we receive and send information? Is this just the tip of the iceberg that could eventually lead towards teleportation of physical objects?
Studies on Plants Suggest Consciousness Exists As A Separate Entity From The Brain
(Arjun Walia) When it comes to the topic of consciousness, it’s something, in my opinion, all living life forms possess. Including plants, and I believe there is conclusive evidence for that. In fact, the question of whether consciousness is something that resides outside of the brain, or is a product of it, has long been the subject of scientific debate.
New Research Shows What Too Much Screen Time Does To Developing Brains
(Alanna Ketler) Within the past decade or so, the way we live our lives has drastically changed for many of us. Screens (smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions) have become such integral parts of our lives that we don’t even notice how much of our attention has been given to these devices.
Human Behavior Follows Probabilistic Inference Patterns
(Neuroscience News) How do human beings perceive their environment and take their decisions? To successfully interact with the immediate environment, for human beings it is not enough to have basic evidence of the world around them. This information by itself is insufficient because it is inherently ambiguous and requires integrating into a particular context to minimize the uncertainty of sensory perception. But, at the same time, the context is ambiguous. For example, am I in a safe or a dangerous place?
Childhood Traumas Can Stay with You for Life – by Messing with Your Hormone Levels, Says Study
(Melissa Smith) Your stress levels today may be influenced by your stressful childhood experiences. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that people who had a rough childhood tend to have higher stress levels in adulthood. The study’s researchers found that these people have a cortisol pattern that could lead to adverse health outcomes.
MRI Reveals Brain Damage in Obese Teens
(Science Daily) Obesity in young people has become a significant public health problem. In the U.S., the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data from the World Health Organization indicates that the number of overweight or obese infants and young children ages five years or younger increased from 32 million globally in 1990 to 41 million in 2016.
Yale Study Shows Air Pollution Causes “Huge” Reduction In Intelligence
(John Vibes) A study conducted in China by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health in the United States has shown that air pollution causes a “huge” reduction in intelligence. While the research did take place in China, which is known to have very serious pollution problems, the researchers suggest that 95% of the global population is breathing unsafe air at levels that would cause a significant reduction in intelligence.