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There is a common belief that animals can smell fear, but can humans do the same? Can you detect someone’s fear just by their scent or…
Place your fingers on the back of your skull, approximately at the same height as the top of your ear. Here, deep in your hair, skin,…
As you read this, an army of cells is patrolling your brain. These soldiers slither around neurons, using their long limbs to search for threats. When…
No one doubts that Albert Einstein had a brilliant mind, but the Nobel Prize winner famous for his theories of special and general relativity wasn’t blessed…
Favoritism stems from our individual preferences for colors, tastes, faces, places, and more, which are influenced by our evolutionary history. For instance, we tend to prefer…
In a new cross-sectional and longitudinal study, researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital investigated the effect of dietary caffeine intake on dopamine…
Parenting appears to have an anti-aging effect on parents’ future brains. MoMo Productions/Getty Images The “baby brain” phenomenon (a term used to describe the mental fog…
Tubular legs on the underside of a chocolate chip starfish Matthew McHenry and Eva Canso Starfish can fly hundreds of feet in a coordinated manner, but…
Since the beginning of time, men and women have tended to have different social roles, interests, and occupations. It is natural to think that perhaps these…
Dependence: The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines it as a complex chronic disease characterized by a difficult-to-control urge to use a drug even though it…
Elon Musk’s announcement on Monday caught the attention of a small community of scientists who work with the body’s nervous system to treat disorders and conditions.Robert…
3D: Abbreviation for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective that describes something that has characteristics that can be described in his three dimensions: height, width, and…
They were thought to be a fluke. The elderly people’s brains were found to be full of plaques and brain fibrosis changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease…