During Monday’s Impeachment Proceedings, Over An Hour Was Spent On Hunter BidenWho Made $1 Million On a Cushy Job He Got Only Because Of His Family Name And ConnectionsMeanwhile, Princess Ivanka Scored A Cool $83 Million Last Year… https://rense.com/ Continue reading WHAT THE FUCK ?
byIan Lecklitner If you’re a boy and a second, third or fourth child, you probably can’t remember shit “I can still remember it like it was a day ago,” says Aria, 26. “There was this warm, emotionless feeling, which is difficult to describe. It was like looking at an invisible wall in front of your face. I didn’t feel happy, sad, tired or angry. I just felt like I belonged. All I could see was black, but since that was all I knew, it didn’t really bother me.” “I remember drifting in and out of consciousness, with the sounds of … Continue reading HOW MUCH OF YOUR CHILDHOOD ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER — AND HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE OLDER YOU GET?
New evidence the neural rules of navigation are universal. BY ADITHYA RAJAGOPALAN It may seem absurd to compare a tiny fruit fly’s brain to that of a majestic elephant. Yet it is the dream of many neuroscientists to find deep rules that very different brains share. As Gilles Laurent, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, who has studied a variety of animals, from locusts to turtles, has said, “Neural responses can be described by the same mathematical operation … in completely different systems.” Vivek Jayaraman, a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research … Continue reading The Brain Cells That Guide Animals
Dr. Mercola, Guest Waking Times If you’re like most people, chances are you’re consuming unhealthy amounts of sugar on a regular basis. Even if you’re not big on candy, most processed foods will provide you with an excessive amount of added sugars. As noted in the BBC One report “The Truth About Sugar,” a serving of Pad Thai noodles contains 9.5 teaspoons of sugar and a package of sweet and sour chicken with rice contains 12.5 teaspoons, which is more than a can of soda. A can of baked beans contains 6 teaspoons of sugar, which would ideally be your grand … Continue reading HOW SUGAR CHANGES YOUR BRAIN CHEMISTRY
Extra pounds can lead to health problems, but dwelling on fat itself can increase stigma and shame By THE EDITORS Scientific American At the start of nearly every doctor’s visit, chances are you will be asked to step on a scale and get your weight measured for that day’s exam record—and you would be hard-pressed to find a person whose physician has not brought up his or her weight at some point. But many conversations around weight have become a hindrance, not a help, in the campaign to make people healthier. Doctors’ recommendations to drop pounds are still extremely common, even … Continue reading Doctors Need to Focus Less on a Patient’s Weight
By Rich Haridy A new study out of Oxford University is suggesting there is a strong link between individual personality traits and gut microbiome composition. The research does not claim gut bacteria directly determines a person’s personality, but instead reveals a distinct and perhaps bi-directional, association between behavior and the microbiome. “There has been growing research linking the gut microbiome to the brain and behavior, known as the microbiome–gut–brain axis,” says the study’s author, Katerina Johnson. “Most research has been conducted in animals, whilst studies in humans have focused on the role of the gut microbiome in neuropsychiatric conditions. In contrast, … Continue reading Oxford study explores links between personality and the gut microbiome
by Dr. Mercola, Guest Waking Times Robert Epstein, who received his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard in 1981 and served as the former editor in chief at Psychology Today, is now a senior research psychologist for the American Institute of Behavioral Research and Technology, where for the last decade he has helped expose Google’s manipulative and deceptive practices. He explains what got him interested in investigating the internet search monopoly in the first place: “In 2012, January 1st, I received some emails from Google saying my website contained malware and that they were somehow blocking access. This means I had gotten onto one of … Continue reading GOOGLE — A DICTATOR UNLIKE ANYTHING THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN
“Opened to the music, I became first the strings… and then the breeze of sound flowing past as it crossed the lips of the instrument and went out to meet the world, beginning its lonely transit of the universe.” BY MARIA POPOVA Some of humanity’s greatest writers have extolled the singular enchantment of music. Walt Whitman considered it the profoundest expression of nature. Maurice Sendak found in its fusion of fantasy and feeling the key to great storytelling. “Without music life would be a mistake,” Nietzsche proclaimed with his characteristic drama of finality. Music can save a life, allay the shock of death, and permeate the living flesh … Continue reading Bach and the Cosmos of Belonging: Michael Pollan on How the Transcendent Power of Music Allays the Loneliness of Being and the Ache of Regret
We keep chasing happiness, but true clarity comes from depression and existential angst. Admit that life is hell, and be free Julie Reshe is a philosopher and psychoanalyst. She is a professor at the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) at the University of Tyumen in Siberia, and director of the Institute of Psychoanalysis at the Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS). Edited by Pam Weintraub Iremember being depressed. It was a frightening state of mind that seemed to go on indefinitely. The very idea of waking up was riddled with dread. A state of internal turbulence, apprehension and negativity about the … Continue reading Depressive realism
There’s a good reason the ‘guy who’s too busy to fuck’ porn trope seems less popular than ever by Andrew Fiouzi Whatever your porn watching habits may be, most of us are familiar with the genre of porn where the guy is “too busy” to fuck. Currently, the most popular one, according to Google’s “too busy to fuck” index, is actually a lesbian video, but the premise is the same: In it, one of the women appears to be busy writing notes for a potential presentation while her partner — stricken with horniness — is standing in the doorway rubbing her … Continue reading LITERAL HUSTLE PORN IS BASED ON THE SAD REALITY THAT WE’RE ALL TOO BUSY OR TOO TIRED TO HAVE SEX
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