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How To Get Her To Fall In Love With You: Explained By Science
Being in love is practically indescribable and utterly unmistakable. The heart flutters, the constantly thinking-about-them, the rush when they call or text or you see them (mega rush). You often find yourself speechless when trying to…
4 Ways Researchers Say MODERATE Drinking can Actually Help your Brain
For some of us, I am not pointing fingers, when we drink we discover abilities that we didn't know we had. For instance, I know people who have never performed anything in their entire life, but after a couple of drinks become singing,…
Ground Breaking Neuroscience: 5 Things We Learned about the Brain in 2015
At the begging of a new year, people always look back on the previous year and recollect the highlights of the previous 365 days. Usually, the focus is on things like the best songs or the best movies, but what about things that matter…
WATCH: The Weird Science Behind What Anesthesia Does to the Brain
If you spend enough time on the internet like I do, you can navigate past the pictures of what people are eating for lunch, political ads and opinions, and even the hilarious cat versus cucumber video and stumble across some pretty…
Optogenetics: The Revolution of Neuroscience
Imagine if there was an "on" and "off" switch that we could flip in our brains to treat conditions like depression or chronic pain. As simple of a solution as that sounds like, the science of optogenetics has the ability to do just that.…
How Much Should You Sleep According To Science
Ah sleep, the big ZZZZZ. I can never seem to have enough of it. Sometimes it literally feels like I'm not getting any. With a rowdy toddler in tow, sometimes I wonder if there is any point trying to sleep at all? So I decided to research …
Why Coffee Works: The Science Behind the Greatest Addiction Ever (and When to Drink It)
More than half of the American population (54%, to be exact) relies on coffee to get or keep their day going, and worldwide, over 300 tons of caffeine is ingested per day.
The United States is the largest buyer of coffee as a nation …
Why Do We Kiss?
Did you know the average person will spend 20,160 minutes of his or her life kissing?
The world record for the longest continuous kiss is 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds.
But why do we kiss?
If you think about it, it seems a bit…
Can The Internet Affect Neuroplasticity? Five Ways Social Media Changes Your Brain
Social media. Twenty years ago it was hardly a thing; now, it would seem, it is everything. At least to the one-third of the global population who use social media regularly: that's approximately two and a half billion people. How did…
The Incredible Science of Why We Forget Names (And 6 Tricks to Help You Remember)
How often has this happened to you: you meet a person, have a pleasant conversation with them, and five minutes afterwards you can’t remember their name? Before you start with the face-palming, consider this: you’re not alone. Humans are…