Category: Living
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Cooking spaghetti… Devouring the cosmos…
UC Berkeley archaeologists have discovered that unglazed ceramic cookware can retain the residue of not just the last supper cooked, but earlier meals as well, opening a window onto gastronomic practices possibly going back millennia. (1) At some point we might even recreate the old recipes. But we will never be with those people eating.…
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Improved engagement. With no engagement.
A Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. A new study looks at the results, which include greater student presence, improved engagement and deeper learning. (1) Improved engagement somewhere entails reduced engagement somewhere else. Isn’t this obvious? Less engagement to a mobile phone means more engagement to the classroom. More engagement to…
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Taking risks…
While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests. People who took acetaminophen rated activities like ‘bungee jumping off a tall bridge and ”speaking your mind about an unpopular issue in a meeting at work’ as less risky than people…
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Smile!
Groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia confirms that the act of smiling can trick your mind into being more positive, simply by moving your facial muscles. The research found that facial muscular activity not only alters the recognition of facial expressions but also body expressions, with both generating more positive emotions. Lead researcher…
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Aging…
Zachariah Reagh, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis found that brain activity in older adults isn’t necessarily quieter when it comes to memory. “It’s just different,” he said. What he found out is that while a 20-year-old notes all details in a movie, an…
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