Today’s teens are growing up in a digital world, immersed in screens. With the pandemic, screen time among youth is higher than ever before. Parents often ridicule their teens for scrolling on Tiktok or playing video games for hours on end, complaining that these technologies are “rotting their brains.” But
On March 15, 2022, the US Senate passed a bill making daylight savings time (DST) the nation’s permanent time, starting in November 2023. With this law, the country would no longer have to switch between daylight savings time and standard time twice a year. At first glance, this idea seems
Graphic Artist: Margaret Cartee I stubbornly resisted watching John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars until a midnight flight back from an 8th grade field trip. Sitting in the middle seat between two pre-teen boys, I dutifully rolled my eyes at the mushy dates, poignant declarations, and tragi-romantic ending. Even
You might have heard the saying, “seeing is believing.” For many people, vision is one of the most relied upon senses for day-to-day life, learning, and ascertaining truth. Did the magician really make a rabbit disappear into a hat? Can your friend scarf down a whole cake in under ten
Total Catastrophe of the Brain When thinking about love, we automatically assume it stems from the heart. But did you know that love is all about the brain? As stated by Seshadri (2016), love rises in humans when someone sees another person as unique and exceptional, and this often leads
It’s not all in your head: How hands helped shaped human intelligence/cognition The question of how humans develop our characteristic intelligence has traditionally been explained by our brains and its exceptional cognitive power. Recently, however, new theories and evidence of the evolutionary origin of human intelligence are discovering how hands
What baffles me most about health-related conversations in the United States is that human longevity is rarely talked about outside scientific circles. Think about it—from prescription medications and dietary protocols to moms oxygenating their kids in sunscreen—every recommendation under the vast health umbrella is tailored to living healthier, longer lives.
What does life look like when you become rich and famous? Well, for Malcolm Gladwell, author of the New York Times Bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, among many others, it might look like being the inspiration for a Macklemore song. The song, titled Ten Thousand Hours, was part of
In certain areas of the world, monolinguals are in the minority. Canada and Europe have reported rates of 55% and 67% bilingual populations, respectively, whereas India and the United States report 25% and 20%, respectively, thereby showing regional differences in bilingualism [2]. Recently, there has been an increase in the
Have you struggled with sleep and sought advice from your friends and family to no avail? Well, you are not alone. An estimated 10% of the population struggles with insomnia, and many turn to unhelpful ways to deal with it. In this article, we debunk three common misconceptions about sleep,
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