TIL that a snail known as the geography cone is the most venomous animal on earth. Its venom is a mix of hundreds of toxins delivered through a harpoon-like tooth — and there's no anti-venom.
A new study provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. Investigators performed continuous patient monitoring following Do Not Resuscitate - Comfort Care orders in patients with devastating brain injury to investigate the mechanisms and timing of events in the brain during the dying process.
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today.
I made a chrome extension to apply dark/night mode in real time to all the websites I browse. It uses a completely new algorithm and doesn't use the problematic color-inversion technique used by other similar extensions. Took me about two months to develop it.
TIL Brad Pitt believes he has Prosopagnosia or 'face blindness', a condition in which he has trouble recognizing and remembering faces, including his own
Scientists in UCLA examine that 'time and time again' people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.
In CSU lab, laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency. The work is detailed in a paper published in Nature Communications.
TIL Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and learning – according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.