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Research has shown that gut bacteria (especially species belonging to Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium) can influence social behaviour, anxiety, stress and depressive-like behaviour

TIL If allowed to mature, the potato plant produces a small green poisonous fruit, called a Potato Fruit, that looks similar to a cherry tomato

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The most influential Confucian philosopher you've likely never heard of | Mengzi provides an intriguing (and oddly modern) alternative to Aristotelian accounts of human virtue

TIL in complete darkness we see a specific color called 'Eigengrau' that's a form of dark gray

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[Request] Is that true because it seems to be a little bit off.

Research reveals stronger people have healthier brains - A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are. This finding exists in the general population as well as people experiencing schizophrenia.

The rise and fall and rise of logic – The answers from philosophy and mathematics as to the purpose of logic define human knowledge

TIL that the word 'idiot' has its origins in ancient Greece; 'idiotes' meant a 'private citizen' who did not take part in public/political life and concerned himself only with private affairs. These people were seen as self-centered and dishonorable.

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ for 36 Hours—and It's Testing Our Conceptions of Death

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Hunter S. Thompson Omnibus (1978) - Nigel Finch's 'Fear And Loathing In Gonzovision' and 'Fear And Loathing On The Road To Hollywood With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson And Ralph Steadman' (0:50)

TIL that in the Middle Ages, European dishes were much more rich with complex flavors and spices. This only changed when those spices became available to the lower class and the upper class decided that said spices and dishes were no longer “fashionable”.

Programmed to Love: the ethics of human-robot relationships

Government Accidentally Releases Documents on 'Psycho-Electric' Weapons

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Neural networks meet space: Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster

TIL if you have a bar with a gang problem they'll be gone within three weeks if every third song played is from a female vocalist, according to Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue.

How success breeds success in science - A small number of scientists command more research funding, awards, citations, and prestigious academic appointments, due to a phenomenon known as the “Matthew effect”, finds a Dutch study that compared PhDs that just won or missed out on early-career grants.

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Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract - CBD doesn't have the same mind-altering effects as marijuana, since it does not contain THC, the psychoactive component of the plant.

New studies show dark chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation, while improving memory, immunity and mood - Data represent first human trials examining the impact of dark chocolate consumption on cognition and other brain functions

Vitamin B6 significantly increased the amount of dream content participants recalled but did not significantly affect dream vividness, bizarreness, or color, nor did it significantly affect other sleep-related variables.

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I never understood the godlike feeling of 'keto-adaptation' until today. I have seen the light.

How We All Became Richard Nixon (2010) - 'How television and newspapers turned us all into paranoid weirdos, and paralized the ability of politics to change the world for the better.