The Unseen Impact of Stress Beliefs on Health

Number of words: 1,997 I have a confession to make. But first, I want you to make a little confession to me. In the past year, I want you to just raise your hand if you’ve experienced relatively little stress. Anyone?  How about a moderate amount of stress?  Who has experienced a lot of stress? Yeah. Me too.  But that … Read more

The Future of Space Travel: Rethinking Elevation

Number of words: 943 Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravitational pull. So say Zephyr Penoyre from the University of Cambridge in the UK and Emily Sandford at Columbia University in New York. The problem is that rocket engines work by jettisoning mass … Read more

The Connection Between Neurons and Memory Loss

Number of words: 618 This work suggested that memories might fade more rapidly as we age because memory is encoded by fewer neurons, and if any of these neurons fail, the memory is lost. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay) Washington: Researchers have identified the neural processes that make some memories fade rapidly while other memories persist over time. Using … Read more