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Study Reveals How Sleep Removes Toxic Waste from the Brain
Although we don’t know exactly why, there is no question that sleep is crucial for brain and overall health. Without proper sleep, the chance of disease and stress increases ...Full Article
The Effects Of Obesity You Can’t Always See: 5 Major Organs Damaged By Excess Body Fat
Obesity doesn’t just add layers of fat around your thighs and torso. Some of the greatest consequences of poor diet and lack of exercise occur inside your body, out ...Full Article
Where Is God Located In the Brain? Importance of Religion Is Related To Thickness Of The Cerebral Cortex
Made entirely of gray matter and distinguished by its characteristic folds, the cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer covering the hemispheres. Now, researchers from New York State Psychiatric ...Full Article
Does Evolution Explain Religious Beliefs?
This is the eighth in a series of interviews about religion that I am conducting for The Stone. The interviewee for this installment is Michael Ruse, a professor of ...Full Article
Study cracks how the brain processes emotions
Although feelings are personal and subjective, the human brain turns them into a standard code that objectively represents emotions across different senses, situations and even people, reports a new ...Full Article
Whirling Wi-Fi: Vibrant images reveal how wireless networks sweep and surround us
A student has produced a series of vivid photographs that reveal what the networks that keep us connected to the web look like. The images, created by Luis Hernan ...Full Article
Inside the Milky Way
Embark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way.Full Article
Sugar on trial: What you really need to know
Imagine you are siiting at a table with a bag of sugar, a teaspoon and a glass of water. You open the bag and add a spoonful of sugar ...Full Article
Does “Free Will” Stem From Brain Noise?
Our ability to make choices — and sometimes mistakes — might arise from random fluctuations in the brain’s background electrical noise, according to a recent study from the Center ...Full Article