A protein used by the liver to metabolize belly fat is also used by the brain’s memory center. More belly fat increases the chances that the liver will steal some protein from the brain in order to do its job.
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New research suggests that people are largely biologically programmed to wake up and fall asleep at certain times. Those with “late” programming tend to struggle more with traditional work schedules, and can experience health problems as well.
When rats were given a choice between rice cakes, Oreos, cocaine, and morphine, the rice cakes lost handily. However, brain activity showed that in the battle between cookies and drugs, the cookies won.
In the case of one new brand, add black to the label and highlight “high-protein” instead of “low-fat.” It’s one of several new and existing products that are designed to attract an increasing number of “manfluencers.”
A small-scale experiment involving female university students revealed that the presence of music, regardless of its speed, appeared to reduce alcohol’s mellowing effects, leading to faster consumption.
There’s a danger to learning about cognitive biases and logical fallacies and so on which is that you end up with this tool kit of ways to reject other people’s arguments.
What can be better than to be following my own personal fascination?
It wasn’t until I was forced as an exchange student in Japan – my first time abroad – to learn Japanese using comic books and judo textbooks because I had no choice.
A new study claims that Facebook users are separated from each other by an average of just under four people. Interestingly, those that are in self-contained professions are more separated from each other than are Facebook users on the whole.
Critics decry them for their effects on urban planning and traffic management, but a sociologist says they promote stronger community cohesion in an era when knowing one’s neighbors is becoming less common.
Why do we systematically underestimate the amount of time or money we are going to spend on a given project?
Judging from their mid-term essays, I would say that among the many and diverse books and essays we’ve read so far in my course in technology, the one that has impressed the […]
If you’re not in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, don’t worry, you can still watch a live webcast of the penumbral lunar eclipse via the Slooh space camera starting […]
A study from Cologne University reveals that unconscious memorization of brand names as they appear on a screen may be disrupted by the act of chewing popcorn.
Don’t stop at the first explanation that occurs to you, ask your inner rivals what competing explanations they can come up with.
Thanks to some scientific sleuthing courtesy of a dedicated toxicologist, nicotine may have to surrender its infamous position.
We as a culture have invested the words of this book with amazing authority even though we don’t know what these words are and what they mean.
What is preventing us from formulating the optimum drug policy?
The government itself may have lost $300 million for every day that Congress dithered. These statistics certainly sound depressing, but their importance can be hard to grasp without some concrete points of reference.
Art history (and all history, for that matter) has shortchanged women for a long time. A recent article about the authorship of the earliest cave paintings—the earliest images made by […]
It’s important to challenge “good enough” explanations.
People are not so open to new ideas that they’re running around stealing them.
Zeoform can be made from plants or reclaimed waste and molded into any shape. The Australia-based company wants to license its technology in hopes that others can improve on it.
Taking on challenges is a critical life skill because no matter where we’re born or the kind of advantage or disadvantages we have in our lives, none of us can escape challenges.
Researchers at the University of Buffalo recently tested a submerged Internet network that uses sound waves to transmit data. They envision a host of applications, including oceanographic data collection and tsunami warning.
Can more competition help government services improve?
The restaurant combines food delivery via conveyor belts with tablets containing menu options. The staff person is there merely to collect customers’ payments, which are automatically tallied when empty plates are sent down a chute.
Together, the fleet of drones spent all of six hours taking over 2,000 high-resolution photos, which were then assembled into a 300-million-point 3D model.
For most of our history, humans have been extraordinarily ignorant about sex. Today, there is still much about sex that we either don’t know or don’t agree on.
Unlike a traditional pacemaker, which requires surgical insertion and involves hooking up lead wires, the Nanostim device is installed via a catheter and attaches directly to the heart muscle.