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Falling Skies A meteor seen soaring over Texas on Sunday night, July 25, sent shockwaves throughout social media. Around 9 p.m., hundreds of eyewitnesses on the ground noticed something resembling a fireball flying through the sky. While the fiery streak burned for only a few seconds, people in Texas, Louisiana, […]

Meteor Event in Texas

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brain signals
From Brain Signals to Sentences The scientific community is rejoicing at this latest development: researchers in California just announced that they were successful in converting a speech-impaired test subject’s brain signals into full, fluid sentences. According to Dr. Edward Chang, the senior author of the study, this is the first […]

Paralyzed Man Communicates Through Translated Brain Signals

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seiza
What is Seiza? Based on ancient Japanese standards, Seiza is considered the formal way of sitting. The term translates to “sitting with a correct posture.” The position is characterized by neatly folded legs, an erect spine, and feet neatly tucked underneath the body. Many traditional tea ceremonies and Japanese performances […]

How Seiza, the Japanese Style of Sitting, Can Improve Posture

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Exercise provides benefits for depression and mental health.
Fighting Melancholy with Movement Can exercise impact your mental health? Research has revealed that exercise could play an instrumental role in bettering our mental health. With depression being the leading cause of disability worldwide, experts are recommending the use of exercise to help mitigate the issue. But why? Interestingly, when […]

Benefits of Exercise on Mental Health

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Alzheimer's and dementia
Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Side-by-Side Look While Alzheimer’s and dementia are frequently confused for one another, they are not the same. Dementia is a broad term describing symptoms that impact a person’s memory, the performance of usual activities, and communication abilities. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. The […]

Comparing Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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New research has revealed that many dinosaur populations were declining long before the last extinction event.  
Schoolchildren have been taught for generations that the dinosaurs were likely wiped out by an asteroid strike that hit present-day Mexico around 66 million years ago. The vision presented in schools is one of a thriving dinosaur population entirely wiped out almost overnight, as the asteroid barreled through the atmosphere […]

Dinosaur Populations Were Declining Before Asteroid Hit, Study Finds

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