Last week, Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup, aired a video of a Macaque Monkey playing MindPong using only its brain after a coin-sized computer chip was implanted and connected to its brain with more than two thousand electrodes. The idea, according…
In modern times, food has become not only a vital source of nutrients used for our survival as an organism, but it has transformed into an obsession with us. Over the last fifty years we have started consuming countless industrialized,…
Our first love gives us a wonderful feeling, totally overwhelming us and making us feel alive. However, most of us don’t end up marrying our first love. It is as if we are tricked into receiving a divine taste, which…
The scientific community has been abuzz lately over a possible discovery of new particles, or even a new force in nature. Scientists working at Fermilab, a Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics near Chicago, say they’ve…
Self-esteem is the starting point from which we shape ourselves, our image, in relation to our goals, our needs, the world, society and ourselves. Therefore, shaping ourselves in relation to a goal that we envision to ourselves is key here,…
Love, hate, and everything in between. That is how our world is divided. When we hate or love, similar physiological processes take place in our body—changes in heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, acid, and hormone secretion—and only a small point…
The demand for equality only increases from generation to generation. Solving this social discomfort seems to be the recipe for preventing discrimination and injustices so recurrent in our times. So what needs to happen in order to live with each…
Nature gave us a sense of humor in order to transcend and criticize ourselves, and laugh at what nature does to us. A sense of humor lets us see ourselves from a higher degree, and thus can also help elevate…
Interdependence in nature exists on its still, vegetative and animate levels. No created being—including human beings—can exist on their own, separate from other beings. In nature, there is a constant exchange of substances with their environment. Even a rock feels…
According to various scientific studies, singing lowers blood pressure, cortisol levels, and stress, and increases the level of dopamine that creates feelings of pleasure and increases motivation. Singing helps sync ourselves with our feelings and hopes. Animals also sing, and…
The more the human ego grows, the more indifferent we become to each other. Contrary to popular belief, we are no more gentle and sensitive than our previous generations. In the past, people were more concerned about their families, their…
Cancer has plagued humanity for millennia. Some reports of cancer date back to the seventh century BC, and ancient scrolls in Egypt talk about cancer of the chest. Over the eons, countless cures have been concocted, yet cancer is only…