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Live Science - 3 Aug 2019 16:46People who eat dark chocolate less likely to be depressed
Neuroscience News - 3 Aug 2019 23:39
Eating dark chocolate can help reduce anxiety and improve symptoms of clinical depression. People who ate dark chocolate in two 24-hour periods had 70% reduced odds of reporting depressive symptoms than those who did not...
Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk
Neuroscience News - 3 Aug 2019 23:05
Being socially active in early old age can help to prevent against dementia later on. Researchers found those engaged in social activities almost daily at 60 were 12% less likely to develop dementia than those who were s...
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Singularity Hub - 3 Aug 2019 18:00
NEUROSCIENCE Facebook Is Funding Brain Experiments to Create a Device That Reads Your Mind Antonio Regalado | MIT Technology Review “The research is important because it could help show whether a wearable brain-control...
Why Is There So Much Oil in the Arctic?
Live Science - 3 Aug 2019 16:23Earth is a living system and humans will decide whether it thrives
New Scientist - 3 Aug 2019 15:00
A conference celebrating James Lovelock, the scientist who formulated the Gaia hypothesis, saw researchers questioning the future of our living planet
Bees' very hairy tongues help them mop up different types of nectar
New Scientist - 3 Aug 2019 11:00
Bumblebees mop up nectar as easily whether it's thick or runny, because of the way hairs on their tongue can trap the liquid