Summary: Avoiding activities associated with past pain can cause individuals to shun related tasks that might be painless. This avoidance may generalize to safe activities, leading to needless abstention from…
Category: Life
GLP podcast and video: Why so many nutrition studies are wrong; Steve Kirsch—tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine guru; Confidence makes you seem smarter
Much of the nutrition research that attracts media attention is deeply flawed. A new study explains why. Silicon Valley tech guru Steve Kirsch went from obscure entrepreneur to anti-vaccine celebrity.…
Brain Barrier Inflammation: A Stealthy Contributor to Multiple Sclerosis
Summary: A study in mice reveals that inflammation in the brain’s barrier, or the meninges, may seep into grey matter, fostering the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Utilizing novel methods,…
Brain’s Melody and Prose: How Music and Language Affect Different Regions
Summary: A recent study reveals how different brain areas are activated when processing music and language. Using direct brain recordings during an awake craniotomy, the researchers observed shared temporal lobe…
Master Your Breath, Master Your Health: The Transformative Power of Controlled Breathing
Summary: Breathing, an autonomous function, also possesses a feature unique to a few bodily activities: we can control it. According to research, controlled breathing stimulates the nervous and cardiovascular systems,…
Super-efficient short ‘smart corn’ capable of denser planting gets green light from USDA
Bayer AG’s genetically modified corn has received safety approval from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The shorter-stature corn plants, known as the Smart Corn System, are designed to be…
Prenatal THC Exposure May Risk Lifelong Health
Summary: A recent study shows that exposure to THC during pregnancy could significantly affect fetal development, leading to life-long health impacts on offspring. The research discovered that THC exposure altered…
Creative Minds at Ease: Making the Most of Idle Time for Innovation
Summary: Creative people effectively utilize downtime by exploring their thoughts. The research demonstrated that creative individuals were less prone to boredom when left alone, as they allowed one idea to…
Schizophrenia Linked to Non-Inherited Genetic Mutations
Summary: Researchers found a link between schizophrenia and somatic copy-number variants, mutations occurring post-inheritance. The study scrutinized genotype-marker data from over 20,000 blood samples, identifying two genes, NRXN1 and ABCB11,…
Rats sense the wind with antennae-like whiskers above their eyes
Many rodents use whiskers to feel their way around their world. But rats appear to take this one step further, using special, antennae-like whiskers above their eyes to sense subtle…
