[ad_1] CNN — Visualizing a memory is a common occurrence for many people. A whiff of cinnamon and ginger may whisk you back to your childhood kitchen to relive eating freshly baked cookies, while hearing a particular tune may trigger images of dancing with a special someone. Mary Wathen has never had that experience. When … Read more
[ad_1] How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I’m (50s M) a photic sneezer. Moving from a darkened room to bright sunlight (or sometimes just turning on an overhead lamp) can sometimes cause me to sneeze. This is a … Read more
[ad_1] Daniel Kahneman, who never took an economics course but who pioneered a psychologically based branch of that field that led to a Nobel in economic science in 2002, died on Wednesday. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his partner, Barbara Tversky. She declined to say where he died. Professor Kahneman, who was … Read more
[ad_1] According to national wastewater data on SARS-CoV-2 levels updated Monday by Biobot Analytics, COVID levels have continued to decline across the country coming off the massive winter surge of cases. Although the 8th wave of infections—the second largest in the over four years of the ongoing pandemic—is concluding, evidence indicates that the trough of infections is … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — Sniffling a bit more than usual? Welcome to spring allergy season in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if you don’t think you have allergies, it’s worth paying attention to those sniffles. More than 1 in 4 adults and nearly 1 in 5 children have seasonal allergies, according to the US Centers for Disease … Read more
[ad_1] Summary: Researchers unveiled a groundbreaking discovery that DNA damage and brain inflammation are vital processes for forming long-term memories, particularly within the brain’s hippocampus. Contrary to previous beliefs associating inflammation with neurological diseases, this study highlights inflammation’s critical role in memory formation through the activation of the Toll-Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) pathway following DNA … Read more
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — Israeli military briefers show journalists a map of Gaza in the colors red, yellow and green. The map does not show the rubble, suffering or death. But it does illustrate the case made by the Israel Defense Forces that it is steadily winning its battles — if not yet the war — … Read more
[ad_1] An Hour Ago Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist to six years in absentia for Ukraine “war fakes” A Russian court sentenced Lyusya Shtein, a member of Pussy Riot and a former municipal deputy in Moscow, to six years in prison in absentia for anti-war social media posts, the court’s press service said on Wednesday. … Read more
[ad_1] A State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza, the latest example of dissent among government personnel bursting into public view. Annelle Sheline, 38, stepped down after a year as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of … Read more
[ad_1] Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist and best-selling author whose Nobel Prize-winning research upended economics — as well as fields ranging from sports to public health — by demonstrating the extent to which people abandon logic and leap to conclusions, died March 27. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his stepdaughter Deborah Treisman, … Read more