Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 8, 2017. Music is a potent form of communication. It conveys emotion — oftentimes far more effectively than words alone. When you hear music, many areas of your brain light up, including your nucleus accumbens, a part of your brain that releases the… Read More: How Music Helps Unlock Memories and Improve Quality of Life… »
In the video above, Del Bigtree, founder of “The Highwire” and the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN.org), shares some of the recent lawsuits ICAN has won against the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I couldn’t do the work that I do without Aaron Siri, the lawyer I teamed… Read More: Important Legal Wins by the Informed Consent Action Network »
Your ability to sit on the floor and get back up again without using your hands, knees or other support may be a powerful indicator of longevity, especially if you’re 50 or older. Known as the sitting-rising test (SRT), this deceptively simple task was developed in the 1990s as a means to evaluate the non-aerobic… Read More: What’s Your Score on This Sit-to-Stand Longevity Test? »
Take a look at the length of your index finger and your ring finger. Is your ring finger longer? If so, it could be a sign of psychopathic tendencies and antisocial personality traits.1 This is because the index finger-to-ring finger ratio (2D-to-4D ratio) is linked to exposure to hormones, specifically testosterone and estrogen, in the… Read More: Does Your Finger Length Reveal Psychopathic Tendencies? »