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Zoning Out During Simple Tasks Could Supercharge Your Brain’s Learning Ability

By: Aidan Pham, Journalist

When the brain zones out, it makes slow-wave patterns which resemble certain stages of sleep. Mind wandering may be giving the brain mini rest periods while we are awake, and much like how sleep strengthens memory, these brief space-outs give the brain time to process the information at hand.

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Why We Can’t Remember Our Childhood

By: Sofie Schopfer, Journalist

While we have long believed that the brain does not retain memories from an early age, new studies show that this may not be the case. Our early memories may not be gone, only locked away.

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How Do Parrots Speak Like Humans

By: David Blanco, Journalist

The ability of parrots to speak like human is due to their unique vocal anatomy called (the syrinx) and their ability to replicate sounds. Parrots imitate sounds to learn and adapt to their environment and they also use it to try to interact with other parrots and their owners.

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The Myth That We Only Use 10% of Our Brain

By: Kaden Brock, Journalist

Brains are the most complicated organ in the body, A widespread rumor has been saying that we only use 10% of our brains. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (A study that was published) disproved the thought that we only use 10% of our brain.

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The Debut About The Two Way Brain Computer From China

By: Henry Dominguez, Journalist

Chinese Scientists were the first scientists to develop two-way adaptive brain-computer interface. It helps humanity because it could soon be used as a wearable and portable devices for medical and consumer use. This system allows both the brain and machine to learn from each other.

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Grief: How This Affects Your Brain

By: Victoria Neacsu, Journalist

At least once in our life, we experience grief. Grief is a universal experience, but how do you get through grief and how does your brain react to grief?

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Microplastics Discovered In the Brain

By: Sofie Schopfer, Journalist

Microplastics and nanoplastics, or MNPs, have recently been discovered to exist in large quantities in the human brain. Currently, it is unknown how these tiny plastic shards get there, or what overall medical impacts they could have.

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Alice In Wonderland Syndrome

By: Sofie Schopfer, Journalist

What is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? AWIS is a condition that affects how you perceive your surroundings, causing a variety of symptoms, including: a distorted sense of time, perceiving objects as different sizes than in reality, or feeling as if you are split in two.

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Concussion

By: Zouli Alexandratos, Journalist

Concussions are brain injuries. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.

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Gut Microbiota Are Able To Relieve Stress

By: Sofie Schopfer, Journalist

Gut microbiota, the things responsible for your food digestion, have been discovered to have the ability to relieve stress. Scientists are currently conducting studies to figure out whether or not this knowledge can be used in future pharmaceuticals.

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Industrial Engineering

By: Samary Velasquez, journalist

They create and leverage powerful software and technologies to analyze and improve how organizations design, build...

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Dead, Dying, Or Immortal: What Is Cotard’s Syndrome?

By: Sofie Schopfer, Journalist

Cotard's Syndrome: a rare condition that can cause people to believe they are dead, dying, or even immortal. There are only around 200 known cases of this condition, so how can we diagnose it?

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