The book "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown contains a chapter on some amazing experiments on the weight of the soul. According to the author, our soul is a material substance that can exist outside the body and can have weight. Therefore, it can be weighed. One of the characters…
American scientists led by Richard Novatson conducted quite an interesting but also relevant study which explored the impact of the Internet on human wellbeing. The participants aimed to answer the question, what would your life be like with no Internet? The study involved 4,000 people (50%-50% of men and women)…
The reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the things that we accept as true and take at face value are notoriously wrong. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show…
Human beings are really unique, and we can clearly see it in these incredible cases of people with superpowers. 1. The Human Computer Daniel Tammet from the UK suffers from autism, hardly speaks, does not distinguish between left and right, and cannot insert the plug into the outlet. But at…
Self-confidence is among those personality traits that are a product of nurture and not nature. It depends on how you were raised, as well as on how you respond to and interpret the events taking place in your life. It also means that it's possible to boost your self-confidence at…
Does free will exist? For centuries, thinkers have been trying to find the answer to this question. Now, experts from Harvard claim to have ‘captured’ the exact moment when the brain decides to perform an action or desire. This moment is not the same as the one when we think…
The impact of fear on the human brain is very powerful: it completely changes the way we process information. "When people are afraid, the parts of their brains that are responsible for rational thinking stop dominating”, Dr. Bruce Perry explains. When faced with a threat, the cortex, which is responsible…
Positive thoughts about the future are derived from the nature of human who denies that something bad might happen. We all pretty much accept the fact that life is a fragile gift that holds both positive and negative surprises. However, researchers of the University of Michigan suggest that it is…
