There's a fine balance between giving your body the rest it needs to recover and taking too long a break, which negates some of the key benefits of exercise! This post from Mercola.com reveals what happens to your body when you stop exercising. Evidence shows that physical exercise helps you build a brain that not only resists shrinkage as you age but also increases cognitive ... Continue Reading
A Surprising Link Between Yawning and Brain Size
Recent research indicates a surprising link between yawning and the size of your brain. This post from Big Think delves into how yawning is linked to having a bigger brain. Yawning is one of the great mysteries of life. You see someone yawn, and you feel like yawning yourself. You get tired, you yawn, presumably because you need more oxygen in the brain. You are bored by an ... Continue Reading
Do Dreams Come True? They Can Predict!
Do dreams come true? Dreams might not be omens or prophecies in a mystical sense, but they do have a distinct psychological predictive power. This post from Aeon Essays sheds light on how dreams predict the future by making sense of the past. Perhaps the most famous dream prediction comes from the Bible. Pharaoh dreams of standing by the Nile. Seven sleek, fat cows emerge from ... Continue Reading