It’s been a while now since the world is in lockdown and restrictions due to the global pandemic of coronavirus. Our bodies are physically distanced from one another, or at least they should be, since this is the only know known way to limit the spread of the virus. For now. Our minds have been… Read More Brainy Pandemic
Millions of Americans are being impacted by the psychological fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftermath, and large numbers may experience emotional distress and be at increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety, according to a new article published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The… Read More Depression and Anxiety – the Side Effects of COVID-19
Preventing the death of neurons during brain growth means these ‘zombie’ cells can develop into functioning neurons, according to research in fruit flies from the Crick, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. During brain development, a large number of neurons destroy themselves as part of an essential regulatory… Read More Zombie Brain Cells can Come to Life
It is no accident that arguably the most erotic line of English poetry is all prepositions. The essence of love, at least of passionately romantic love, is revealed in its very grammar. We fall in love, not wander into it. And, as you say, we fall head over heels, not dragging our feet – often… Read More What Is Love?
Learners of foreign languages can hear the errors in pronunciation that fellow learners tend to make, but continue to fall foul of them themselves despite years of practice. A new study of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich shows that everyone believes their own pronunciation to be best. One of the most difficult aspects of learning a… Read More The Pronunciation Paradox
In recent years there has been a resurgent scientific interest in the psychological effects of psychedelic drugs. Consider the example of recent trials in which psilocybin was administered to people diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. Those involved reported significantly positive responses even six months later. Such studies point with increasing confidence to the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for… Read More Psychedelics in Help of Mental Health and Climate Crisis
A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need. Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells—scraped from frog embryos—and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These millimeter-wide “xenobots” can move toward a target, perhaps pick up a payload (like a… Read More Xenobots: Robots are Now Alive
Mount Sinai researchers have identified elemental signatures in baby teeth that are unique to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and cases when both neurodevelopment conditions are present, which suggests that the metabolic regulation of nutrients and toxins play a role in these diseases, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry in September. The… Read More Nutrients and Toxins in Baby Teeth Linked with ADHD and Autism?
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