What You Should Know About Mother’s Day

When is Mother’s Day in 2021? And whose idea was it to create this holiday, in the first place? You’ll find the answers to both questions in its surprising origin story.

Love is a Sound: The Intriguing Mystery of ASMR

The ASMR sensation is akin to an electrostatic-like ripple that travels across the scalp and down the spine. Some have quite literally described it as a ‘brain orgasm.’ Here’s what science says about the growing cultural phenomenon.

Will I or won’t I? Yes or No?

Will I or Won't I - Free Will

Scientists still haven’t figured out free will, but they’re sure having fun trying… In 1983, American physiologist Benjamin Libet conducted an experiment that became a landmark in the field of cognitive sciences. It got psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers either very excited or very concerned. The study itself was simple. Participants were connected to an apparatus that measured […]

It’s official… Microplastics Are Now a Part of Your Diet!

We're eating plastic and it's in our organs!

OK – so we’ve all seen the horror images of whale, fish and bird stomachs blocked with plastic. Now it’s your turn. You’re ingesting microplastics but they are not lodging in your stomach… they’re in your organs! “IN A FEW SHORT DECADES, WE’VE GONE FROM SEEING PLASTIC AS A WONDERFUL BENEFIT TO CONSIDERING IT A […]