Tag: Biology
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AotM #10: National Dessert Day
I’ve decided that from now on I’m going to dedicate each Articles of the Moment post to whatever random and strange holiday happens to fall on that day. Because why not? So…Today happens to be National Dessert Day. Treat yourself to some delicious pastries. There’s a lot of fearmongering going on lately about all the…
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AotM #8
If you click this link (although I’m not saying you should click this link), you might, possibly, find out that, if you want, uncertainty is more stressful than negative feedback. Makes perfect sense—when we don’t know where others stand, our minds make up all manner of extreme explanations, but if we know the players and…
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AotM #4
Simple sugars can activate proteins, not just phosphate compounds. It’s discoveries like this that reveal just how little we still know about the human body, and just how protean our bodies can be. Two studies that reveal just how much influence our subconscious perceptions have—especially with regard to what we conclude based solely on people’s…