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Hacking Your Flow State
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By analyzing the brain waves of improvising jazz musicians, researchers now understand how the brain achieves a creative flow state. The findings have practical implications for anyone wanting to get ‘in the zone’ to generate creative ideas. Jeff …
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AI Wants Your Fingerprints
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No two human fingerprints are alike. Even different fingers from the same person are unique. But new research from Columbia University using an applied neural network suggests there may be a new way to link intra-person fingerprints with a …
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Lead for Lunch
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Consumer Reports released a new report on Lunchables in which it found lead and cadmium, and also observed the presence of phthalates, which can impact reproductive health and the human hormonal system. Anthony and Jeff discuss the findings, and …
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Handwriting Your Memories
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A pair of recent studies suggest that the act of putting pen or pencil to paper increases brain activity and retention when compared to typing words into a computer. Anthony and Jeff discuss living a papered life, and whether …
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Healing with Your Mind
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Link to this week’s story: https://www.sciencealert.com/our-perception-of-time-can-actually-speed-up-wound-healing
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RSVP Anxiety
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Link to this week’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/11/want-to-skip-that-christmas-party-the-host-probably-wont-mind-study-shows
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Processing the Process of Processed Food Study
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Link to this week’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/27/ultra-processed-foods-are-not-more-appealing-study-finds
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I Need a Hero
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Link to this week’s story: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-lead-a-meaningful-life-become-your-own-hero/
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Man the Hunter Debunked
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Rat Ticklers
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Link to this week’s story: https://www.science.org/content/article/tickled-rats-reveal-brain-structure-controls-laughter
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