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Seventeen Deaths and One Awakening the Science of Near Death
When 39-year-old John Williams sat down to a quiet seaside dinner in Whitby, England, he expected nothing more than a relaxing evening celebrating his partner’s birthday. Instead, his heart would stop 17 times in just 13 minutes, and his consciousness would travel to a place he can only describe as heaven. For years afterward, John’s…
How Happy Music Helps You Recover From Motion Sickness
For many travelers, motion sickness can transform excitement into misery. The dizziness, nausea, and clammy sweating that accompany a winding road or turbulent flight are symptoms of one of the body’s most peculiar sensory confusions. Roughly one in three people are highly susceptible, meaning they regularly experience discomfort while in motion, often with little recourse…
How Gut Health Shapes the Obsessive Mind
For decades, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was viewed almost exclusively through the lens of the brain a problem of faulty neural circuits and chemical imbalances. The disorder, defined by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors, has traditionally been treated with antidepressant medications targeting serotonin levels and cognitive-behavioral therapies designed to retrain habitual thought patterns. These approaches have…
Scientists Uncover How the Human Brain Builds Instant Connection and Understanding
Picture this. You walk into a room full of strangers, and within minutes, one person stands out. You do not know why, but talking to them feels easy. The jokes land, the pauses make sense, and you both seem to follow the same rhythm without effort. It feels natural, as if your minds are already…
Teen Can Recall Every Moment of Her Life — Inside Her Mind, a “White Room” Stores Every Memory She’s Ever Known
Imagine being able to recall every single day of your life, not just the milestones or heartbreaks, but the tiny moments that most of us forget without even realizing it. You could remember the smell of your childhood classroom, the sound of rain on your window on a random Tuesday ten years ago, or the…
Hepatitis C Virus Found in Brain Lining Could Explain Links to Mental Health Disorders
For decades, psychiatry has wrestled with an unsolved riddle: why do some individuals develop devastating mental health disorders such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, while others with seemingly similar backgrounds do not? Genetics play a role, yes. Environment leaves its fingerprints, certainly. But across the history of medicine, one intriguing thread has never fully unraveled…
Can Intuition Really Glimpse the Future? Science, Stories, and the Ongoing Debate
Most people can recall moments when the body seemed to react before the mind had time to catch up. A hesitation before crossing the street. An unexpected urge to reach out to someone, only to find they were already thinking the same thing. Experiences like these are difficult to explain yet familiar enough to feel…
Huntington’s Disease Treatment Marks New Era in Medicine
For generations, Huntington’s disease has been described as one of the cruellest conditions known to medicine. It is a hereditary, degenerative brain disorder that strikes people in the prime of their lives, slowly dismantling their physical abilities, cognitive functions, and emotional well-being. Those who inherit the faulty gene often spend years watching symptoms creep in,…
The Man Who Can ‘Prove’ Life Is a Simulation With Just a DMT Vape and a Laser
A beam of crimson scatters across a wall, unremarkable to most eyes. Yet for Danny Goler, under the haze of DMT, it transforms into something else entirely. He insists the patterns are not random but a language shimmering in the glow. “I saw the code,” he says, convinced it is proof that life itself may…
Study Confirms That Adults Can Grow New Brain Cells and They Found the Source
What if the brain were less like a fixed circuit board and more like a lush garden capable of sprouting new growth, even in the later seasons of life? For generations, scientists believed that we entered adulthood with all the brain cells we’d ever have. Like a clock that ticks only toward decline, the adult…