Everybody knows that sleep is important for our health, but you might not be aware of just how important it really is. Several studies have revealed that a lack of sleep can make us forgetful, depressed, and can even lead to weight gain. American and French researchers determined in 2009 that “sharp wave ripples” in […]
Continue Reading
According to a recent report published on Fox News, air pollution contamination might have a newly identified risk: brain damage. Researchers with the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences have recently indicated that constant exposure to air pollution can impact brain development. Their research with mice indicated that air pollution inhalation contributed to the […]
Continue Reading
U.S. stocks are climbing, thanks to dissipating tensions in Ukraine. The market braced itself for losses and unpredictable shifts when Russian President Vladimir Putin placed troops in Crimea. Putin spoke out brashly, describing Ukrainian protests as an “anti-constitutional coup and armed seizure of power” and defending Russia’s right “to take all measures to protect the […]
Continue Reading
One of the most interesting things first semester college freshmen discover is the way other kids from different parts of the country speak. They’ll make friends from the Philadelphia area who pronounce “water” as “wooder,” others who fiercely debate between “soda,” “pop,” or “coke,” and, perhaps most surprisingly, even some who call a TV remote […]
Continue Reading
An online data breach compromised more than 300,000 personal records for faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland at about 4 a.m. on February 18, when an outside source gained access to a secure records database dating back to 1998. The responsible party didn’t change anything in the system–satisfying itself with the duplication […]
Continue Reading