Feel the back of your head, where your skull meets your spine. If you can feel a bony lump, like a spur, under your skin, then you belong to the growing number of people whose bodies have adapted to frequent smartphone use. Such bony growths on the back of the head have been observed before, […]
Antibiotic-Resistant Superbacteria on the Rise
The past year has seen an increased number of cases of ‘superbug’ infections. Superbugs, or antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are bacteria that are not affected to the medicines that doctors use to treat them. A British report estimates that 700,000 people every year die from these infections around the world. In September of 2016 a 70-year old […]
The Many Effects of Music
Music gives many people great pleasure and a sense of meaning and emotion in their lives. Research shows that it deeply affects the brain in many ways. Neuroscientists have been studying the effects of music on the brain by hooking people up to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machines and observing what happens when people […]
