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A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use. Continue reading “Screen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young children”
The habit of compilation established by the later Greek and Roman writers remained a set custom in Eastern and Western Europe even beyond the Renaissance period. Continue reading “Paul of Aegina; one of the most influential surgeons of all time”
Wooden artifacts were found in the stratified site of Poggetti Vecchi in southern Tuscany (central Italy) that was dated to the final Middle Pleistocene. Continue reading “Poggetti Vecchi, Tuscany, Italy; evidence of the use of fire for working wooden implements by Neanderthals (∼171,000 years B.P.)”
Towards the middle of the fourth century a great warrior arose among the Ostrogoths, by the name Hermanric, who seems to have created a Gothic empire which lasted for a few years and secured him a place in Teutonic legend. Continue reading “Wulfilas and the conversion of Goths to Arianism”
The first clear and complete description of diabetes was made by Aretaeus of Cappadocia, a famous physician of the late Hellenistic period. His analysis of diabetes represents, in fact, the only extensive text of Greek medical literature in existence. Continue reading “The first description of diabetes by Aretaeus of Cappadocia”
You’d expect excessive athletic training to make the body tired, but can it make the brain tired too? A new study reported in the journal Current Biology on September 26 suggests that the answer is “yes.” Continue reading “Can excessive athletic training make your brain tired? New study says yes”
