No Matter How Old You Are, This Mindfulness Exercise Can Sharpen Your Attention todayheadline
How is your attention span these days? Environmental distractions and rising use of technology can heavily affect our ability to ...
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What sleep scientists recommend doing to fall asleep more easily todayheadline
A restless mind is one of the most common barriers to sleepAndrii Lysenko/Getty Images Perhaps it’s age or the hot ...
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Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread todayheadline
A nerve cell (stained green) growing among a cancer cell cultureSimon Grelet and Gustavo Ayala Cancer cells steal energy-generating parts ...
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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones todayheadline
Exposure to hormones in utero could affect human brain growthPeter Dazeley/Getty Images The human brain is one of the most ...
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Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how todayheadline
How does the brain encourage us to make up for sleep loss?Connect Images/Getty Images Researchers have discovered neurons in mice ...
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The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cancers grow and spread todayheadline
The video I am watching feels like a scene from a horror movie. At the centre of the screen is ...
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How to boost your brain power just by changing how you breathe todayheadline
Breathing in oxygenates your body – and helps you think more clearlyCarlos Barquero/Getty Images When my kids get nervous or ...
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The Eureka Moment May Be An Important Part of the Memory-Making Process todayheadline
There’s something so satisfying about surprising “aha!” moments — those strange instances of insight that strike when you’re struggling with ...
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When Navigating a Tiny Virtual Town, Children’s Brains Create Detailed Maps todayheadline
When it comes to navigating areas, young children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for. Although past ...
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Psychedelics may boost mental health by dampening inflammation todayheadline
Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug found in some mushrooms, may reduce inflammationShutterstock / Kyrylo Vasyliev Psychedelic drugs may improve mental health ...
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