Science
Science says there’s a good chance you don’t know what really makes you happy. When estimating our happiness, we humans tend to engage in something called “impact bias” where we overestimate the actual effect that different outcomes will have on our lives. #happiness
When if they think they’d be happier winning the lottery or becoming paraplegic, most people quite understandably respond that they’d be happier with all that money and no handicap.
Still, real life statistics show that one year after winning the lottery or losing the use of their lower body, people in both these groups are equally happy. Yes, really, EQUALLY.
A neuroscientist explains how our brains age and provides tips for aging with more vitality and happiness. #longevity
Want to know why the ocean makes you feel so good? Read this! #water #brainhacks
Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid. #dinosaurs
“There is a growing demand on testing labs from licensed cannabis growers across the US and Canada who are under pressure to perform potency testing on ever-increasing quantities of product,” says Matthew Noestheden, Ph.D. chemistry student under Prof. Wesley Zandberg at UBC’s Okanagan campus. “Traditional tests can take upwards of 20 minutes to perform, where we can do it in under seven. It will save a great deal of time and money for producers with enormous greenhouses full of thousands of samples requiring testing.” Noestheden says that not only can he test the substance in record time, but he can also test for a virtually limitless number of phytocannabinoid variants. #cannabis
Deepak Chopra was present with Dr. Diane Powell when she recorded the videos that capture the special abilities these gifted children have and how they are helping to grow our understanding about the mysteries of #consciousness.
On this fascinating video, Regina Meredith interviews Dr. Lana Morrow, who has dedicated her life and research as a functional medicine neuroscientist to finding new pathways to bring the brain into coherence. As the inventor of her new dopamine boosting technology, THINK!, she has discovered how to boost our natural dopamine production, which is responsible for the speed at which our brain can operate, our focus levels and happiness itself. #brainbooster
A study of 528 participants found that people who have a quick temper or score high on having a tendency to be angry, also tend to overestimate their intelligence and abilities. The illusory perception of themselves — which is associated with narcissistic illusions — was unrelated to their actual intelligence quotient, PsyPost reported. #angrypeople #intelligence
Watch this cool video to learn 11 mind-boggling facts about Croatian-born Nikola Tesla – a genius inventor who discovered the electric alternating current and much, much more. #NikolaTesla
Einstein offered a vision of space-time as a single thing, as a four-dimensional block in which the past and the future are just like spatial dimensions. They’re just like north and south in the equations of physics. #time #spacetime
The largest controlled study of psilocybin – the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms – has found the compound safe for human consumption, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a psilocybin-based treatment for depression. #magicmushrooms
Science Magazine has named the image of a supermassive black hole captured by the Event Horizon Telescope as its 2019 Breakthrough of the Year. #2019yearinreview
Epigenetics currently sits on the fence between accepted mainstream science and New Age panacea. Scientists who have been hesitant to admit that genes are not static are being forced to rethink their positions, while spiritualists and believers in the law of attraction swear that epigenetics proves that our state of mind directly determines our physical health and body. While the research has been taking place for decades, it is only now coming to be understood that our individual experiences and environmental factors can change us on the genetic level. #epigenetics #awakening
ASAP Science delivers a decade in review: the top 10 science stories of 2010-2019 #topsciencestories
This research if developed, can help patients with serious neurological damage but there are concerns #mindreading #ethicalminefield
