S u m m a r y : Eating at the wrong time influences your body weight, suggests a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. And so, if you want to lose weight, make sure your meals are scheduled at the right time for you! Watch the Time When Eating! If you want

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S u m m a r y : Artificial sweeteners might be linked with weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease, among others, suggests a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Artificial Sweeteners Are Bad News From aspartame to sucralose and stevia, consumers are attracted to them because of the promise they come

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S u m m a r y : Many more bacteria have been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients as opposed to those of healthy people, shows a new study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Alzheimer’s disease & Increased Bacterial Populations Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition characterised by loss of memory and cognitive

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S u m m a r y : Lack of sleep decreases the ability to be positive, and might lead to depression, suggests a new study published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research. Sleep Deprivation & Mental Health Issues Human life is imperfect: we can remain awake for only so long until we are

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S u m m a r y : A race horse movie has been encoded in DNA in living cells, and then replayed—thus has the new study, recently published in the journal Nature, brought into existence the ‘world’s first molecular recorder’. Making a Molecular Recorder DNA encodes genetic data—all about what makes you up, or

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S u m m a r y : A daily tomato consumption lowers the development of skin cancer by 50% in lab rats, suggests a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. Tomatoes, A Medicine We are what we eat, says the old saying. Perhaps, our food can also be our medicine. Or so

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S u m m a r y : Charge your phone within seconds, thanks to a new battery electrode design, invented by a team of researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering. Their paper has recently been published in the journal Nature Energy. How Batteries Work Imagine charging your phone to full capacity in mere seconds—this would

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S u m m a r y : Coffee, with or without caffeine, is linked with lower mortality, says a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Daily Coffee: 12% Lower Mortality You have yet another reason to love coffee! People who consume the much-loved beverage live longer—apparently, according to the new

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S u m m a r y : One of our main concerns nowadays is to charge our phone battery. Now, imagine the absolute joy of having a phone that does not even need a battery?! New findings describe the development of the first battery-free cellphone that functions just fine without one! The study is

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S u m m a r y : Playing video games can change brain regions associated with attention and spatial ability, suggests a new review published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Gaming, Good or Evil? Video games are growing more and more popular in today’s world. With technological advancement, improved versions abound, and as endeavours

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S u m m a r y : Instead of humans domesticating animals, humans were domesticating humans, back in the day. The Selection Process Before we domesticated animals, we, humans, domesticated ourselves: this was done through a process of selecting ‘tame’ humans over aggressive ones. Choosing tameness over its opposite trait has been suggested by

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S u m m a r y : Ladies, your menses don’t change the way your brain works! Or so says a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Breaking a Long-Held Belief Menstruation does not affect cognition. The new findings, thus, come as a challenge to the long-held belief that hormonal

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