New Scientist
Beyond tired: Why fatigue sets in and how to tackle it
1 min · · A renewed focus on fatigue in light of long covid means we now have a better understanding of the body-brain pathways that cause it, offering fresh targets for new treatments · Shared by 8, including Gregor B. Rosenauer
BBC
AI breakthrough could spark medical revolution
4 min · · A program has been used to predict the structures of nearly every protein in the human body. · Shared by 197, including George J Huba PhD, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Ronald van Loon, Harold Sinnott, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Thomas Power, Prof. Sally Eaves, Nicolas Babin, AI, Nige Roberts-Willson, Brian Ahier, Jim Marous 💯
Aeon+Psyche
Sudden amnesia showed me the self is a convenient fiction
7 min · · Sudden amnesia let me experience what Buddhists and philosophers have been saying all along about the existence of the self · Shared by 271, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Matteo Furia, Matthias Lampe, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Vaughan Bell, Anita Leirfall, Massimo Pigliucci, Gregg Caruso, Dr. A.S. Barwich, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Jason Silva
berthub.eu
Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
14+ min · · Welcome! In this post, we’ll be taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. I want to thank the large cast of people who spent time… · Shared by 662, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Sid Sijbrandij, Rami Ismail (رامي), Brian Armstrong 🛡️, Chris Messina, Mike Tamir, PhD, Aral Balkan, Emin Gün Sirer🔺, Semil, Eric Topol, Perry Marshall, Peter Steinberger, cdixon.eth, Peter Todd/mempoolfullrbf=1, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Nick Szabo, BrendanEich, Brad Fitzpatrick 🌻, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸
Aeon+Psyche
The pioneering psychologist who proved that being gay isn’t a mental illness
2 min · · How a friendship between a straight psychology professor and her gay student busted the myth of homosexuality as an illness · Shared by 87, including Carly, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Vaughan Bell, Ceferino Díaz, Tom Connor, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
Entrepreneur
7 Growth-Mindset Principles
5 min · · Avoid the pitfalls that impact your well-being and your business. · Shared by 153, including Antonio Ramos, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Tom Connor, Nicolas Babin, Howard Getson, Johannes Dornisch, Real Marsha Wright®
Aeon+Psyche
Memory involves the whole body. It’s how the self defies amnesia
6 min · · People with anterograde amnesia can’t rely on memory alone for their sense of self. Instead, they remember with their body · Shared by 158, including Jason Silva, Dr. A.S. Barwich, Vaughan Bell, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Matthias Lampe, Anita Leirfall
Insider Business
The professor behind Yale's most popular course ever, The Science of Well-Being, tells us how to be happier in times…
5 min · · The professor's Coursera class, which tackles the topic of the psychology of personal happiness, drew 2.2 million people to enroll online. · Shared by 1188, including برج القوس, Katja Evertz, Marcus Raitner, Kyle Bunch, Jonathan Kogan, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Yale University, Howard Getson
Inverse
Brain study reveals one type of exercise increases stress resilience
4 min · · In a new study in mice, researchers discover exercise helps animals cope with stress by enabling an uptick in a crucial neural protein called galanin. · Shared by 368, including Matthias Lampe, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Nrupal Akolkar, Gabriele
Aeon+Psyche
Why don’t we feel pain in dreams? The answer might lie in a new frontier of neuroscience
2 min · · Why we don’t feel pain in dreams, and other brain puzzles that neuronal assemblies might help neuroscientists unlock · Shared by 147, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Miguel Angel Escotet, Anita Leirfall, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Faik Ersoy, Matthias Lampe, Liv 😷
nature
Expanded ENCODE delivers invaluable genomic encyclopedia
7 min · · A catalogue of functional elements that regulate gene expression. · Shared by 75, including Carl Zimmer, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Roger Highfield, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Pip Morris
Psychology Today
Is Psychology Broken?
6 min · · Why aren’t we making progress against mental illness? · Shared by 181, including rohit, Matthias Lampe, Miguel Angel Escotet, Gregor B. Rosenauer
Singularity Hub
Amazingly Detailed Map Reveals How the Brain Changes With Aging
5 min · · The team constructed maps of roughly 5 billion synapses, outlining a timeline of their diversity and numbers in over 100 different brain regions with age. · Shared by 139, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Christian Fauteux, Pascal Sulser, Brian Ahier, ExApologist, John Hagel, Liv 😷, rohit
The Guardian
Chris Packham: ‘The virus has taught us that we are part of nature, not above it’
9 min · · The naturalist has always spoken his mind – and attracted death threats in the process. But Covid-19 has given him a new perspective on how humans can live in harmony with the natural world · Shared by 34, including Oliver Sacks Fdn., Gregor B. Rosenauer
New Scientist
Coronavirus is evolving. Knowing how could help us stop the pandemic
1 min · · Viruses, like the coronavirus causing covid-19, can evolve rapidly. Knowing how and why they change should help us beat this pandemic and prevent future ones · Shared by 6, including Gregor B. Rosenauer
Neuroscience News
Evidence that human brains replay our waking experiences while we sleep
4 min · · Researchers provide the first evidence that the human brain replays waking experiences while we sleep. · Shared by 267, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Jane, Thomas Power, Matthias Lampe, Desmond Williams