Manufactured mostly from genetically modified corn, high fructose corn syrup is definitely not natural and definitely not healthy. Chances are all of us have consumed high fructose corn syrup at some point in our lives, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It’s hard to escape this questionable form of sugar that’s found in cereals, baked goods, ultra-processed foods, juices and sodas, among an array of other commonly consumed food and drink.

Acciaroli, Italy is known for two things: its stunning seaside beauty and the fact that 1 in 100 people who inhabit the village are classed as centenarians – someone who lives to be 100 years old or more. Eighty-one of its 7,000 citizens are over 100, not to mention a large population of those living healthily in their 80’s and 90’s.

Learn how schools are resolving conflicts and reducing suspensions using unconventional methods effectively.

To get the heart open, you need to reverse this chest collapsing, You need to elongate the front of your torso upward away from your waistline and then draw your shoulder blades down your back. This takes the head of your arm bones back and let’s your chest open. It causes your collar bones to “smile,” that is, to widen.

You were born because there were things that your soul needed to learn. You learn through experiences. Sometimes you will succeed and sometimes you will “fail”. It doesn’t matter that you failed, it matters that you learn, grow and evolve.

Best-selling author Steven Kotler recently visited Big Think to discuss the optimization of consciousness through flow states, a key topic in his recently published book, The Rise of Superman. The best way to describe a flow state is to use the example of practically every action movie released since The Matrix. Experiencing flow is similar to being in “bullet time.” Like Keanu Reeves’ Neo (though certainly not on his level), a person in flow obtains the ability to keenly hone their focus on the task at hand so that everything else disappears.

Since marijuana users were 17 times more likely to also smoke cigarettes, researchers speculate that cigarette use may be a more reliable predictor of reduced IQ.

Shu Lam’s discovery offers hope and opens up a whole new avenue for fighting antimicrobial resistance, but it will take quite some time before this translates into real-world use.

A new study indicates that oxytocin might make social interactions more rewarding and pleasurable by stimulating our own cannabinoid system.

Everything in the entire universe, everything that you and I perceive to be solid matter, is actually not matter at all. All the space around us is pure energy which we will call vacuum energy. Not only that, but this vacuum energy is infinitely dense.

Here’s an article inspired by the TED talk by Amanda Palmer on how people in the arts industry make money by letting their clientele pay for their talents.

Despite being a universal phenomenon, there’s still a lot of speculation around the orgasm’s function and value. But what are the differences between the male and female orgasm that we know of, and who has it better? AsapSCIENCE examines the details behind orgasms for both males and females to answer the alluring question. Who has it better: males or females?

With professional gaming or e-Sports being a multi-million dollar industry in Korea, the bigger question is: Will the game companies allow any law — that brands their product as addictive?

Being a teen can be an amazing time of discovery, learning and friendship but it’s also a time of rapid change and emotional highs and lows where things can feel really tough. AsapSCIENCE examines what’s going in a teen’s brains and bodies during this age and why emotions tend to fluctuate.

When I was introduced to Photoshop, there was another level of excitement. Distorting images is its own type of art. But many would argue that we’ve taken this to an unhealthy level. It’s become all too accessible to trick others into believing we, others, and things, look like something they simply aren’t, and should look like what we change them to. In 2011, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced it was taking a stand against image manipulation in advertising. Body image expectations, eating disorders, and other emotional problems were discussed as potential risks for alterations made through processes like Photoshop.

If We have this many people living on the edge of despair now, while times are “good”, what are things going to look like when our economy really starts falling apart?

Henry David Thoreau, the American author, poet, and philosopher (among other things) who wrote the classic essay “Walden” is somewhat of a poster boy for many in the tiny house movement. Thoreau himself lived in a tiny house (a 10′ × 15′ English style cottage) near Walden ponds. He spent more than two years living is this small cottage, contemplating life and turning conventional living on its head.

Every taxpayer left in the country now owes more than $149,000 of the national debt. By hook or by crook, in the coming years, citizens will be fleeced of that money through higher taxes, savings that are inflated away, and an overall drop in their standard of living.

Wealth isn’t just about making money. It’s about MANAGING it. Here are 8 habits you need to shift if your want to experience prosperity.

Here’s an article inspired by the TED talk by Amanda Palmer on how people in the arts industry make money by letting their clientele pay for their talents.