If you're used to forgetting your dreams, there are techniques that can improve this. Our mysterious world teaches us how to remember dreams. In case you never knew, the area that's responsible for creating long-term memories, the prefrontal cortex, lies dormant when we are sleeping. This is why dreams are so hard to…
Where did the Christmas tradition come from? Decorating the Christmas tree and hiding gifts date back to thousands of years ago, long before the Christmas season was included in Christianity. Although Christmas traditions have a strong pagan background, they have undergone many changes over the years. "It is wrong to…
The universe does not stop amazing us. And not just us! Astronomers often get surprised by the things they discover about the origins and the structure of the universe. Read these 5 impressive facts about the universe: 1. The Universe is really old The age of the universe is 13.7…
Let's delve into the mystery of hypnosis and try to separate the truth from the myths. Egyptian priests and Indian Brahmins, Mongolian shamans, and Zoroastrian magicians used to hypnotize the crowd with twinkling lights, sounds and rhythmically swinging shiny objects. Obeying the orders of hypnotists, convincible men and especially women…
Being left-handed means being forced to live in a world shaped for those who follow the traditional saying “things go right”. Therefore, every day, left-handers do everything in reverse! So let’s try to answer the question: why are some people born left-handed and how do they differ from the others?…
The discovery of the Higgs boson has become a major scientific achievement of the year 2012, according to the journal Science. The discovery of the Higgs boson, deciphering of the Denisovans genome, Curiosity landing on Mars, and artificial limbs controlled by the brain signals are on the list of major…
Dreams: everyone has them. There are common dreams, however, themes that seem to repeat across gender, race, and nationality. What do they mean? Dreams and their interpretation are something that has preoccupied people since the beginning of history. This strange drama that goes on when we sleep, fascinates us just…
Real intelligence cannot be measured by a single indicator, states a new study. It seems that the well-known intelligence quotient IQ does not represent what we thought it did. The largest research ever done to date concluded that human intelligence is too complex to be measured by only one parameter.…
