Science

Conflicts between “ours” and “strangers” accompany humanity from ancient times to the present day. However, hostility towards “outsiders” is not only a social or cultural marker. Scientists believe that it correlates with difficulties in the logical analysis of reality, not too developed cognitive and intellectual abilities

Reducing the effects of brain aging requires continual learning — not just in early childhood, but throughout life. The brain is created by evolution in such a way as to constantly learn something new. Therefore, it is important to be able to switch from the usual everyday life to something else

Behind every modern technology there is also culture, linking together our scientific knowledge, time and existence. And I must admit: the feeling that you are part of this grandiose world plot is really inspiring

If we assume that it is impossible to make a person happy with economic methods, then it undermines the “foundations of the foundations” – everything that modern Homo economicus believes in and is guided by in the era of “developed capitalism”. Fortunately, the situation was saved by the study of Americans Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, who undertook to refute the “Easterlin paradox”

Since brain aging is directly related to aging throughout the body, it’s no surprise that smart people live longer. The brain sets the pace for all other processes. It is a thing that determines how quickly or slowly both the brain and the body that it controls will age

Fiction is an empathy trainer. The book develops our ability to better understand other people, their beliefs, thoughts, desires. But prolonged refusal to read, on the contrary, significantly impairs our social and cognitive abilities

The larger the brain, the more empathy the animal can show. But also great cruelty. The human brain is about 3 times larger than that of a monkey. Therefore, it is not surprising that such a terrible atrocity and the ability to compassion, as in the human race, we will not find in the animal world

Our ideas about physics have not changed much since the time of Plato, we just switched to another language of description. Earth is the “name” of the solid state of matter, water – liquid, air – gaseous, fire – plasma. Well, space has remained space

There is now a consensus in the scientific community that the climate change we are observing is directly related to human activities. From this, some people conclude that we must curtail technological progress, and then the planet will return to climatic norm. This is a fundamentally wrong, dead-end path. Returning to the Stone Age will not help us solve global problems

The data released by the Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment made a real sensation in Ukraine. 31.11% of the 244,839 graduates who took part in the testing failed External Independent Testing (EIT) in mathematics. This is almost 2.5 times more than last year.
Scientists have found that negative changes occur in the brains of adolescents who refuse to study mathematics, which lead to a delay in mental and cognitive development

Cultural behavior is characteristic of all living things. With a person, more or less everything is clear. But it turns out that cultural behavior is inherent in all biological species. In particular, even such a tiny and seemingly primitive creature like the “great scientific fly”

Connective tissue is a living matrix. According to the canons of Chinese medicine, it is in the connective tissue that the energy channels pass through which the Qi energy circulates. Alexey Bashkirtsev, chief physician of Edem Resort Medical & SPA, tells about how to recognize the weakness of the connective tissue and strengthen it