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Why Do Some People Always Remember Their Dreams?

Why Do Some People Always Remember Their Dreams?
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Why You Don't Have Happier Dreams

Why You Don't Have Happier Dreams
05.04.2025 30

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What Does Being Pro- or Anti-DEI Say About Our Brain?

What Does Being Pro- or Anti-DEI Say About Our Brain?
31.03.2025 10

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Can a Soda Pop with Prebiotics Make You Healthier?

Can a Soda Pop with Prebiotics Make You Healthier?
25.03.2025 40

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This Is Your Brain on Contraceptives

08.03.2025 30

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An Update on the Benefits of Cannabis for Sleep

06.03.2025 30

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The Best Things to Eat for a Good Night's Sleep

21.02.2025 40

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The Value of a Good Bed Partner for Better Sleep

15.02.2025 9

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You Also Married Their Mental Illness

12.02.2025 50

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How Mom’s vs. Dad’s BMI May Affect Their Children

09.02.2025 10

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Fixing the Gut-Brain Chaos After Head Injury

26.01.2025 10

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So Many Reasons to Love Chocolate

22.01.2025 10

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The Best and Worst Diets for 2025

17.01.2025 10

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Is Cannabis Nutritional?

Cannabis blurs the line that separates food from drug.

08.01.2025 10

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Do Other Mammals Dream?

Why elephants probably experience better dreams than dolphins.

30.12.2024 9

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Can Ibogaine Help?

More people are seeking relief from PTSD using psychedelics.

17.12.2024 7

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Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Bad for the U.S.?

High-fructose corn syrup—where politics, brain health, and the economy collide.

11.12.2024 6

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How Religious Instruction Shapes Children's Thinking

How might children be impacted by Bibles in the classroom?

02.12.2024 6

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National Trends in Obesity and How It Affects the Brain

Obesity has become an epidemic that affects some states more than others.

27.11.2024 6

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Do We Speak the Truth When We're Drunk?

Alcohol turns off the frontal lobes and the truth may leak out.

31.10.2024 4

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Why Are More Women Choosing to Be Childless?

Environmental and political pressures are making this decision very complicated.

30.10.2024 5

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Why Do Our Brains Embrace Lies So Easily?

When they lie, politicians take advantage of a unique frontal lobe function.

15.10.2024 4

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4 Reasons Why You Wake Up Feeling Tired

Waking up sleepy is only partly your fault.

13.10.2024 5

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Brains of Believers and Nonbelievers Are Wired Differently

Believing in God or the paranormal involves similar unusual brain activity.

26.09.2024 4

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Can You Walk off Your Belly Fat?

New research shows the best way to lose that extra weight.

17.09.2024 5

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The Motivations of a “Wake-and-Bake” Cannabis Lifestyle

Early morning cannabis use, often to avert anxiety, is increasing—and risky.

26.08.2024 5

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The Interaction of Diet, Melatonin, and Sleep Deprivation

Is going to bed later after a tasty high-fat snack really that bad?

12.08.2024 6

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Certain Proteins in Your Blood May Increase Suicide Risk

In the future it will be possible to predict who is at risk of suicide.

09.07.2024 2

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