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Feeling Sad Turns Your World Gray — Literally
The world seems dreary, gloomy and gray when you’re feeling blue. In fact, being down in the dumps might even affect how you perceive the color blue. A recent study published in the journal...
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That New 8-Hour Sleep Album—Explained
British composer Max Richter hopes you are snoring before you finish his latest release. Sleep, an 8-hour classical piece released Friday, features gentle strings and peaceful piano. He has called it a...
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Why Do People Lie When They Can Easily Get Caught?
On Wednesday, Steve Rannazzisi—a comedian who found fame on MTV’s Punk’d and has stars in the popular FXX show The League—admitted he had fabricated a story that he said was the basis for his success:...
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How a Paralyzed Man Walked Again
Adam Fritz was just another 21-year-old kid back in 2008—about to enter his senior year of college, cruising home from work on his motorcycle near Diamond Bar, California—when his life changed forever:...
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The 5 Best Ways To Improve Your Memory
Some skills you don’t need past graduation: geometry, cursive, the ability to dissect a frog. But memorization is not one of them. Far beyond your final spelling bee, your memory either saves you...
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Live Tapeworm ‘Still Wiggling’ When It’s Pulled Out of Man’s Brain
After experiencing severe headaches and vomiting, a California man was found to have a live tapeworm inside his brain. The man, 26-year-old Luis Ortiz, was rushed to the hospital by his parents after...
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The 5 Habits That Will Make You Happy, According to Science
So what’s going to make you happy? Let’s get more specific: what’s going to make your brain happy? And let’s focus on things that are simple and easy to do instead of stuff like winning the lottery....
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Here’s What LSD Does To the Brain
What exactly happens to the brain on psychedelic drugs? A small new study, published in the journal Current Biology, peeked inside the brains of 15 people during an acid trip and found brain-scan...
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Why Buying the Latest Apple Gadget Can Feel Like a Religious Experience
If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t resist buying the latest iPhone as soon as it’s released, it may be because your brain is wired to make you crave new technology—and tech companies are more than...
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Why the Summer Solstice May Be the Happiest Day of the Year
The summer solstice is June 20, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. But do the extra hours of sunshine make you happier? In general, people are more cheerful in the summertime,...
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