Teens fixated on their smartphones experience changes to their brain chemistry that mirror those prompted by addiction, a new study suggests. Kids who compulsively used the internet or fiddled with their phones tended to have increased neurotransmitter activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region tied to the brain's systems of behavior reward, control of inhibition and mood regulation, a team of South Korean researchers found. " This particular region is well-known to be involved in addiction based upon the …
Pump up your workouts, pump up your memory, new research suggests. The study of 95 healthy young adults showed that six weeks of 20-minute bouts of interval training led to significant improvements in what's called high-interference memory. An example of this type of memory is distinguishing your car from another of the same make and model. The Canadian scientists also found these workouts led to increases in a protein involved in the growth, function and survival of brain cells. The results were pub…
MISTERY WITHOUT ANSWERS Why does not anyone move to help him? Who gave to him the poison? Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak on Wednesday became the third defendant at the UN war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia to take his own life. Other suspects, notably former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic, died of natural causes while in detention at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). These are the men who took their own lives rather than face justice. …
A man in Las Vegas was arrested for fatally shooting his estranged wife while having sex. The man accidentally fired his gun because he thought his wife was going to shoot him. John Fitzgerald Gonzalez, 53, had called the police to report that his wife - who filed for divorce a month ago - was shot in the stomach. He told police that he and his wife, Nicole Nguyen, had a rocky relationship and he had moved out in September. However, his wife invited him to her house one day. Gonzalez told the police that while in…
Scientists have developed a new type of flame-extinguishing chemical that can stop phone batteries from overheating and catching fire – an innovation that promises to deliver bigger and more powerful batteries that could revolutionize our world. The breakthrough by the team from the University of Tokyo in Japan could also mean the end of expensive product recalls, the likes of which have plagued some of the world’s leading tech firms in recent years. The university’s researchers found that lithium ion batteries, commonly used i…
New research has discovered that a specific protein could play a key role in how we create memories. Making memories subtly changes the brain structures. This is because learning and memory are the result of the relentless modification of synapses in the brain. The long-term changes involved in this process are encoded in the so-called messenger RNA which is created in the brain’s neurons, the basic building blocks of the central nervous system. The RNA is transported from the neuron’s nucleus to the appropriate synaps…
Facebook to expand suicide prevention AI following successful US tests. Facebook announced on Monday that, following successful tests in the US, it will roll out its pattern recognition software designed to scan for posts with suicidal intent to other countries, except in the EU. “ When someone is expressing thoughts of suicide, it’s important to get them help as quickly as possible, ” the company’s vice president for product management, Guy Rosen, said in a statement. The software uses pattern recognition to detect what …
YANGON (Reuters) Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the world’s most prominent Christian to majority-Buddhist Myanmar, which the United States has accused of “ethnic cleansing” its Muslim Rohingya people. The pope will also visit Bangladesh, to where more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled from what Amnesty International has dubbed “crimes against humanity” by Myanmar security forces, including murder, rape, torture and forcible displacement. The Myanmar army denies the accusations. Only about 700,…
When it comes to preventing hair loss or improving the hair that someone already has, there are plenty of natural methods that help. There are a variety of home remedies that people use to try and regrow their hair. However, it is important to remember that research to support such methods is not always extensive. There are many common myths about lifestyle approaches or remedies that can help hair regrow, and it is often difficult to determine the fact from the fiction. Here we will explore what works and what doesn't work. F…
At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo, local officials say. The blast is said to have occurred at a factory at about 09:00 (01:00 GMT) in the city's Jiangbei District, causing some nearby buildings to collapse. State media reported that at least 30 people had been taken to local hospitals amid rescue operations. Footage showed rescuers carrying people away from an area surrounded by debris. Chinese media said at least two of the injured are …
Egyptian Government decrees three-day state mourning * 270 martyred in terrorist attack on Arish mosque * Sisi: Egypt will eradicate terrorism * "Nation getting stronger as it battles treacherous terrorism . 270 martyrs, 110 wounded in mosque bombing in Arish * President vows brutal response to heinous terrorist act * 3 days of mourning declared * Families of each martyr to receive EGP 200,000, wounded to receive .... The State Information Service (SIS), as it was shocked by the size and nature of the horrible barbar…
Authorities say a New York man accused of fatally shooting another man in Albany earlier this year has died from cancer just hours after being charged. Taron Robinson Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple tells the Times Union that 30-year-old Taron Robinson died at an Albany hospital late Tuesday night, 10 hours after being charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Christopher Hardy. Police say Robinson shot the 27-year-old Hardy in April. Robinson was free under state parole supervision at the time after being relea…
More than 10 million Americans, mostly women, have osteoporosis, the U.S. National Institute on Aging says. Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by a decrease in the density of bone, decreasing its strength and resulting in fragile bones. Osteoporosis literally leads to abnormally porous bone that is compressible, like a sponge. This disorder of the skeleton weakens the bone and results in frequent fractures (breaks) in the bones. Osteopenia, by definition, is a condition of bone that is slightly less dense than normal bone but …
Zimbabwe President and Zanu-PF party leader Robert Mugabe. The military has virtually taken over the running of Zimbabwe. PHOTO | JEKESAI NIJIKIZAMA | AFP Tensions between the veteran leader and the military, which has long helped prop up his authoritarian rule, have erupted in public in recent days. The ruling Zanu-PF party on Tuesday accused army chief General Constantino Chiwenga of "treasonable conduct" after he criticised Mugabe for sacking vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Zimbabwe's military…
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