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Michigan State University’s Sleep and Learning Lab has conducted one of the largest sleep studies to date, revealing that sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested. Continue reading “Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation”
Children who experience maltreatment, such as neglect or physical or sexual abuse, are more likely to engage in delinquent and offending behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Continue reading “Associations between childhood maltreatment and offending behaviors later in life”
A study has shown a potential link between pregnancy-related anxiety and how a baby’s brains respond to sad speech. Continue reading “Mothers’ pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infants’ brains respond to sad speech”
As evidence shows, before 12,800 years, there was an impact between Earth and an extra-terrestrial body. In this post we summarize information extracted from official publications. Continue reading “Cosmic airbursts and impacts; Scientific evidence suggests a global ‘Cataclysm’ 12,800 years ago”
For the first time, a study shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and fat levels differently during day and night, feeding and fasting, rest and activity, over the course of 24 hours. Continue reading “What and how much we eat might change our internal clocks and hormone responses”
Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century’s end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life, new University of Colorado Boulder research finds. Continue reading “Fatal horizon, driven by acidification, closes in on marine organisms in Southern Ocean”
