brains

There are many misconceptions about highly intelligent people – among the most debated being how to identify them. Albert Einstein himself once said: “It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” Indeed, many…

Our beliefs are habits of mind, our acceptance that a statement is true or something exists. We feel trust in something or someone as a result of our beliefs. Actually, the same brain laws apply to our formation of beliefs as when we learn…

Fructose has long been on the short list for execution by nutritionists, dietitians and physicians alike. The sugar compound, found most frequently in the American diet as high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, has been linked to various…

As someone who eschewed sleep for most of my undergraduate years, I always find it interesting that we still don’t know precisely why we need sleep. Science can figure out a lot about sleep: what it helps us do, what happens if we don’t get…

Exhaustion is one of those words that gets overused and devalued. It's like calling something that is funny "hilarious". Exhaustion, by definition, means completely spent. If you've ever experienced true exhaustion you know exactly what I…

When I first read about the concept of certain food cravings being a sign that your body was lacking a certain vitamin or mineral, I thought to myself, “usually my body wanting a cookie means that my body is low on cookies.” Food cravings…