Do people change that much between teenage years and old age? Yes, they do, and you might be surprised by the difference! Remember seeing that friend from high school and noticing how much he's changed? Maybe not, maybe you happened to see someone who hadn’t transformed at all. Well, if…
Getting older is something which terrifies almost everybody, except, it seems, those who have actually experienced it. Here are some things to remember to help you get over your fear of getting older. 1. As you get older, you become less anxious and more relaxed. One thing I’ve noticed in…
When it comes to cognitive enhancement, the Internet is flooded with a ton of information on the subject. Unfortunately, a lot of that information is only based on speculation and flat-out lies rather than science and fact. With that in mind, we’ve decided to expose and debunk some of the…
Can old dogs learn new tricks? Why, sure they can, and so can we! The understanding among society has been that older people cannot learn as well as younger individuals. New findings contradict the notion that older generations have less flexibility in the brain. This flexibility (plasticity) is how the brain absorbs…
Immortality has been at the center of more films and novels that I can possibly count on my two hands, but with every new possibility of immortality, there rise a dozen more skeptics. With good reason, the majority of the U.S. population does not believe in immortality nor do they…
It is a wide-known fact that meditation is a powerful tool against stress, fatigue, and anxiety. However, numerous scientific studies have shown that mindfulness not only makes you relaxed and helps you unleash your inner potential but can also significantly benefit your health and affect your body on a physical…
We are continually getting closer to finding the elixir of youth. In fact, we have found it, in a way. It is true, scientists have even been successful at utilizing this youthful concoction on lab mice - injecting the solution and watching the rodents completely regenerate into the youthful mice…
How to become more intelligent? The great debate on intelligence is a long and complicated one. For centuries, people have tried to discover how to increase their very own intellect. But now, thanks to recent advances in neuroscience on intelligence, psychologists have discovered multiple ways to incur neurogenesis or the growth…
Since long, human beings have tried to look for a way to increase their average life span. This venture has not only been explored in the field of science but even in mysticisms, philosophy, and history. The fountain of youth or the elixir of life has been sought after by…
Perhaps one day, living to 500 years old might be possible, according to the latest scientific findings. U.S. researchers succeeded to increase the lifetime of worms by five times with the help of combined genetic intervention. The discovery is certainly far from its application to humans, but in the first…
