TIL of saturation divers, who can live underwater for weeks in dry habitat filled mostly with helium, under pressure that is several times higher than in a tire
Why Westerners Fear Robots and the Japanese Do Not - “Japanese don't make a distinction between man, the superior creature, and the world about him. Everything is fused together, and we accept robots easily along with the wide world about us, the insects, the rocks—it's all one.”
Age-related weight gain has far more to do with our activity patterns than it does with our metabolism, which barely budges after 30. New research suggests that to achieve better health and reduce your risk of death from any cause, any kind of movement is better than little or none.
We over at r/flexibility created a new full-body stretching routine. Takes 30 minutes and we've included a follow-along video, cheat sheets and pictures of each exercise. Try it out!
The Psychology of Awe: Why You Should Seek More Mind-Bending Experiences - 'New psychology research shows the benefits of experiencing 'awe,' an overwhelming feeling of amazement for something that is grand, special, or unique.
Brain Link Identified Between Depression and Poor Sleep. The relation between depression and sleep has been observed more than 100 years, and now researchers have identified the neural mechanisms of how they are connected for the first time
Regular, but not recreational, cannabis use linked to greater impaired capacity to envision one’s future - New research suggests that regular cannabis use is associated with impairments in episodic foresight, or the capacity to envision the future, as reported in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.