Perception and Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, have turned this view on its head. They carried out a series of experiments to find out how people detect objects under different conditions. They suggest that the brain’s representation of an object includes how someone perceives it — not just how it truly is.…
By Graham Lawton The foods that are healthiest for you may be different from what works for othersAaron Amat / Alamy There is no such thing as a healthy diet that will work for everyone. People respond to food in such idiosyncratic ways that everybody needs a personalised eating plan, according to results from a…
LoCO Staff / Today @ 5:27 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt There Are Now 114 Places to Get Your Hair Cut in Humboldt, But Safety and Precaution are More Important Than Ever, Says Joint Information Center From the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: A total of 114 hair salons and barber shops have been certified…
By Alice Klein There’s evidence plastic microfibres harm zooplanktonPatti Virtue, University of Tasmania Most of the microfibres polluting our oceans – which have long been assumed to be plastic – are actually natural fibres like cotton and wool. But we don’t yet know whether these fibres pose the same health risks to marine organisms. Textile…
(Justin Case/Getty Images) JUSTIN ROBERTS, ASH WILLMOTT & DAN GORDON, THE CONVERSATION 2 JUNE 2020 When it comes to losing weight, people often want know the best way to shed excess pounds – and there's no shortage of fad diets or fitness crazes claiming to have the "secret" to fat loss. One theory even suggests…
4 min read "DAD, HOW CAN I build muscle?" For the past few years I’ve been thinking about building a home gym, and every time I came close, something stopped me. I didn’t have the space. I didn’t have the money. I was never really home—and when I was, disappearing into another part of the
Seattle, WA - Food Safety News announced today its transition to 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and the launch of FSN+, a reader-supported membership program, marking a significant milestone in the organization's commitment to independent food safety journalism. The transition addresses the evolving challenges facing independent media while ensuring the 16-year-old publication can continue delivering critical coverage
6 min read IF YOUR SOCIAL media feeds are filled with dumbbell curls and hot takes about training tempo, the same algorithm that might have served you this article has also likely been populated with clips of fitfluencers—like this one and this one—sucking their belly in and standing with their stomach flat like a pancake.