Growing evidence indicates that pollution levels previously thought to be safe can still increase the risk of health issues, including those related to the brain.
Even long-considered “safe” air pollution levels are causing damage to our brains.
Tag: brain
Democrat and Republican bias? New research reveals it’s all in your head.
Why do liberals and conservatives have opposing interpretations when processing information? What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event? Take the word “freedom,” for example, or a picture of the American flag, or even the 2020 U.S. presidential election. A person who identifies…
This kid is going places – funny answer to school test
How focused are you?
Arizona man’s chronic runny nose is not due to allergies – he’s leaking brain fluid!
An Arizona man, who had a runny nose for over a year, was shocked to hear that the fluid leaking from his noise was not snot – it was brain fluid. Thinking he had year-round allergies, Joe Nagy visited his doctor where he was diagnosed with a perforated brain membrane. A tiny hole in the…
Cool animated .gif shows MRI of head (and brain) slice by slice
Infinity Imagine, a tumblr that posts a variety of scientific related photos (with an artistic flair), recently posted these animated images of a head MRI illustrating the brain slice-by-slice.
Scientist discover very modern brain in 520-million-year-old arthropod – pushes back evolution theory of complex brains
Apparently complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, as evidenced by a 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod (the group that comprises crustaceans, arachnids and insects) that is the earliest fossil known to show a brain.
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How much for a brain?
A lawyer finds out he has a brain tumor, and it’s inoperable – in fact, it’s so large, they have to do a brain transplant.
