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Deus Ex Anima: How Your Parents’ DNA Might Just Determine Your Whole Life, And How Far You Can Go

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Deus Ex Anima: How Your Parents’ DNA Might Just Determine Your Whole Life, And How Far You Can Go
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Psychological Inheritance. How Much Of The Past Really Is Prologue?:

Action/Adventure movies are often a high-speed cinematic blast.

But the really good ones, and especially the novels they’re based on, do a lot more than just “run & gun”.

They implicitly try to answer something that Magic 8-Balls, Fortune Cookies, and Zodiac signs have been trying for 2500 years.

Will I win the Powerball next week? “Who am I?”

If we’re honest, it’s a question we all face; maybe more than once.

And the answers, or even lack of them or presence of The Unknown, can be unsettling at times.

Which is why a team of !SCIENCE! nerds at MSU decided to track it down right into your DNA…

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Dazed & Confused No More! Air Filters Quietly Save Your Brainpower, One Invisible Little Particle At-A-Time

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Dazed & Confused No More! Air Filters Quietly Save Your Brainpower, One Invisible Little Particle At-A-Time
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The Desolation Of Smog. What You Can’t See Can Still Hurt You:

So one of the main concerns we’ve expressed here fits a theme called, “Stealth Health”.

Microplastics is one example. Both everywhere and easy to overlook

That’s the problem with Stealth Health. It’s the easiest thing in the world to miss.

To that end, there’s a joke about the type of things we take for-granted.

Two goldfish are in a bowl. One goldfish looks over and says to the other, “Man, I love the water in this bowl! It’s just great here!”

The second goldfish says, “THERE’S WATER IN THIS BOWL!???”

Interestingly enough, a guy named Pellegrino decided to find out what’s wrong not with your water, but your air…

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Genetics Vs. Lifestyle: Which Factor Counts More For Slowing The Sands Of Time And Increasing Lifespan?

Filed Under: Aging

Genetics Vs. Lifestyle: Which Factor Counts More For Slowing The Sands Of Time And Increasing Lifespan?
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Time-Machine. Defeat Aging; One Grain Of Sand At A Time:

One problem most of us have is wrestling with incremental progress.

As I talked about in the post on weight-loss and muscle gain, it turns out to be +/- imperceptible.

It’s almost a religious practice. Based on faith, done routinely, and deals with the unknown and things that seem invisible.

Many times, we don’t know if what we’re doing is working, or even helping.

Even though The Unknown can seem discouraging at times, it’s important to stay the course for when the graph eventually makes that “hockey stick” change upward.

And an Oxford-led team just discovered the same discipline is true for how long and well you live…

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Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse? [Video]

Filed Under: Disease, Nutrition, Video

Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse? [Video]


Is The Organic Premise Right In The First Place?:
So, lots of people believe in food that’s decomplicated and grown in ways similar to those of 100 years ago as the path to good nutrition.

And recently, Organic seems to have taken that place at the grocery store for people who don’t hit up the farmers’ markets.

Many people even think that Organic means No Pesticides at-all and that it’s more natural, less dangerous to you and the environment, and ultimately healthier.

But is any of that true? -In this video, ASAPScience decides to find out…

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Science Finds Out That You Actually Are Made Out Of Stardust! (Superstars & Comets, Too)

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Noise, Thinking Out Loud

Science Finds Out That You Actually Are Made Out Of Stardust! (Superstars & Comets, Too)
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And Now For Something Completely-Different:
Let’s get weird for a sec.

I know we can all get caught up in the day-to-day, chore-like subsistence very easily.

And it’s also easy to get distracted from life itself by the little digital devil on your shoulder; that infinite social-addiction we call “smart”-phones.

But a recent cosmic discovery is another reminder of how special each and every one of us is.

But first, a little history…

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Having A Bad Day Or Week? 10+ Mental Breaks To Get Through It + BONUS 4! With Dr. Mike Evans. You Can Do It! [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Having A Bad Day Or Week? 10+ Mental Breaks To Get Through It + BONUS 4! With Dr. Mike Evans. You Can Do It! [Video]


10+ Tips To Help Yourself Get Through Tough Times:
So in this video, Dr. Mike asks, “What if You’re Having A Tough Day, Or Week?”

You might be sad, anxious, regretful, overworked, temporarily-flummoxed, etc.

And there are many real Sources to consider, like: Depression/Anxiety, & also many involved-Solutions like: Problem-Solving, Stress-Management, Mindfulness Meditation, or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

BUT! Sometimes people want the most easy & simple “get through the day/week”-type advice, just to simply make it through.

So here’s what he says are his best “Easy-Version” tips…

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Back To The Future Of Health & Medicine: Nat Geo’s BREAKTHROUGH Is 6 Episodes Of Future-Awesome

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Featured, Highlights, Video

Back To The Future Of Health & Medicine: Nat Geo’s BREAKTHROUGH Is 6 Episodes Of Future-Awesome
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Well, Nat Geo has started putting on a new series, and it’s right in-line with just about everything this site would ever hope to be about. -Just in video format.

It’s on Sundays, 9/8C and we’re already starting to get to the good stuff like, “More Than Human”, “Decoding The Brain”, and “The Age of Aging”.

So, while you’re waiting for the next installment, check out their trippily-animated, Hayden Planetarium-meets-Minority Report-On-LSD website.

A linked-list of the major sections is below, to help you sift through & target the content you’d like to check out…

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Video: ASAPScience Asks, “What Will We Be Like In 1000 Years?”

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Highlights, Video

Video: ASAPScience Asks, “What Will We Be Like In 1000 Years?”


The Future Of Humanity. What Will Life Look Like For All Of Us In 1000 Years?:
In this video, ASAPScience speculates about what we’ll be like in another 1,000 years.

And their roundup of the predictions seems nothing if not interesting.

Intro) 3 Examples:
Over the past 10,000, 150, and 65 years, we’ve become tolerant of milk, grown 10cm taller & lived 20 years longer. All due to science in farming, healthcare & diet.

 
So: What else could happen going forward? You know, besides Google Glass…

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