


If you’re like most, you’re probably not in the habit of scheduling play time, and if you have kids, they’re probably not spending much time playing outdoors with their friends. After watching the DW documentary, “The Power of Play,” you may reconsider these choices. As noted in the video, humans, like most other animals, have a natural play instinct, and this instinct has important benefits.
Um novo estudo da Suíça mostra que a música pode fazer muito mais do que acalmar os sentidos – na verdade, a pesquisa diz que a música especialmente orquestrada pode ajudar a impulsionar o neurodesenvolvimento de bebês nascidos prematuramente.
A forma como você descreve os outros o define. A forma como você coloca rótulos, julga e avalia quem o rodeia deixa entrever parte da sua personalidade. São pinceladas sutis, mas nem sempre evidentes da sua identidade e, inclusive, da sua autoestima. Isso é algo que nós vemos diariamente e também sofremos quando os outros nos atribuem características que não têm nada a ver conosco.
Every year, 12 million cats and dogs in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. For their owners, that diagnosis is both emotionally and financially devastating. The initial cancer diagnosis alone can cost $2,000. Subsequent chemotherapy and radiation can run up to $10,000.
Ian Leslie reveals in his new book that lying is as innate to us as communication – and just as important to our survival.
We all know, of course, that liars are always other people. Lovers who have fallen out accuse one another of deceit; voters declare all politicians liars; the religious charge the godless with hating the truth, while atheists accuse churchgoers of perpetuating the biggest lie of all.
When you hear about the theory of evolution, English scientist Charles Darwin is probably the first person who comes to mind. ‘Muslim scholar’, on the other hand, is the last thing to be associated with the theory.
Short telomeres — the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes — have been previously linked to increased risk of death from heart disease. Now, research by scientists at UC San Francisco and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco has found that change in telomere length over time is also important: heart disease patients whose telomeres shrank over time had a worse short-term prognosis than those whose telomeres stayed stable, and those whose average telomere length grew over the course of the study had a higher chance of survival.