Lightning’s striking effect on migraines
It’s easy to ignore a grandparent who says a storm is coming because their knees are “acting up.” It’s even more ridiculous to think that Karen from “Mean Girls” knows when it will rain, thanks to her cleavage. But a new study suggests that people who suffer from migraines may actually be able to tell [...]
Stress mismanagement: Link to mental illness
As the semester begins to unfold, students may find they have an old friend returning for a visit. It’s a friend no one really likes, but many find themselves running into him at the most inconvenient times: before that impending midterm, or right before an oral presentation. This friend is stress, and no matter how [...]
Household appliance get “smart”
If walls could talk, what would they say? What about appliances? With the rapidly developing technological field, this concept may soon become a reality. Although household appliances may not be able to talk now, they will be able to connect to smartphones, tablets and the main databases of the companies that created them. At the [...]
Do you have U-shaped happiness?
Darwinian theory suggests that humans are evolutionarily evolved from primates and share many bodily structures and functions with them. A new study suggests that human emotions may be connected to primates as well. The study, published in the December edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of the USA, has assessed the well-being of apes [...]
Science Tuesday: Drunk defense
It is not unheard of for someone to walk down Commonwealth Avenue late on a weekend night and see a student or local stumble or fall because of intoxication. However, a study published in the December issue of the journal Alcohol from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests the same intoxication that causes accidents [...]
