8. Culture & Curiosity!

Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.

Study shows cognition in early-stage patients on lecanemab declines by 27% less than those on placebo

Frequent bad dreams during middle and older age may accelerate cognitive decline and increase risk for dementia, especially in men, new research suggests.

The video-based platform may not have created generational animosity, but it’s happy to fan the flames

The first generation to grow up with social media, Millennials are now becoming the first generation to age out of it.

Still wearing your hair in a side parting? Cheugy

A radical new book argues that a bee may have a mind of its own, awareness of the world, basic emotions and intelligence. It is a bold and brave claim – but is it true?

Using novel imaging methods for studying brain metabolism, researchers have identified the reservoir for a necessary sugar in the brain. Glycogen serves as a storage depot for the sugar glucose.

Researchers have found that eating cranberries could improve memory, ward off dementia, and reduce 'bad' cholesterol. The research team studied the benefits of consuming the equivalent of a cup of cranberries a day among 50 to 80-year-olds. They hope that their findings could have implications for the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.

Alzheimer's disease has long thwarted our best efforts to pinpoint its underlying causes.

This article summarizes the ideas of Daniel Quinn , first written about in The Story of B, which was a sequel to Ishmael. The longer, original essay can be read here , and comes highly recommended, especially if you find yourself disagreeing with the summary below. Most disagreements we've read about have turned out to be...

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New study suggests anal ventilation might one day help treat respiratory failure

Dorsey said that “in principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter...Elon is the singular solution I trust..."

“This is why Peterson genuinely believes in Dostoevsky’s eminent saying in The Brothers Karamazov: ‘Without God all things are permitted.’”

From ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ to ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ to ‘Sleepless in Seattle,’ here’s the best of an endlessly watchable genre

“We need to start thinking about something entirely new,” says author Shane Burley.

Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary

The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics) may seem antithetical. There is a synt...