Enlarge People have long tried to use music as a tool to improve their abilities. Soldiers chanted songs when marching into battle, sailors sang songs on long voyages, and cloth makers sang when weaving. But do we have any evidence that music makes a difference for any of our activities? We’ve only recently started to […]
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David Jason details ‘immense annoyance’ over fame-hungry celebs: ‘Affects their brains’
“I bet you this is something I couldn’t teach you is that you’ve got to remember, especially in our business, that you’ve got to rely so much on everybody around you, that it is a team effort.” He continued: “You rely on everybody else. What that means is you are part of a team and […]
Animaniacs Reboot Trailer Offers First Look at Pinky and the Brain’s Return
RELATED STORIES “Quantum mechanics, quinoa wraps, Queen Bey — we’ve missed so much!” The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister!) are back to explore the trappings of the modern world in the official trailer for Hulu’s Animaniacs reboot. And you’ll be happy to know that Yakko, Wakko and Dot are just as self-aware as ever, […]
The first long-term study on how screen time affects children’s brains found more than 2 hours a day could do major damage
Adam Berry / Getty A new and ongoing study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing how screen time affects children’s brains, CBS News reported. When complete, the study will have followed more than 11,000 children for a decade, monitoring how digital screens like smartphones, video games, and tablets are changing the young […]
Zara brings the brains to Love Island
And Zara, from Essex, insists that she has “definitely got the brains”, adding “I’m definitely a catch” but says her date must look good. She is currently a policy adviser at the Department for Education and promises to bring some much-needed intellect to the show. Zara said: “I’m intelligent, which means I’m quite good at […]
Emmanuel Macron said he was the brains behind Trump’s airstrike on Syria — and convinced him to commit for the long term
Christophe Archambault (Associated Press) French President Emmanuel Macron claimed credit for key elements of US policy on Syria. He said the plan to limit recent airstrikes to chemical weapons facilities were his. He also told French TV that he persuaded Trump not to pull US troops out of Syria. Macron and Trump have made much […]
Brains: Top 10 facts about the human body's cleverest organ
1. A human brain weighs about 3.3lb (1.5kg) so accounts for about two per cent of body weight. 2. What used to be called the “grey matter” in our brains is composed of about 86 billion neurons (nerve cells); the “white matter” is axons and dendrites (nerve fibres). 3. The cells and fibres are connected […]
In 50 years we’ll have ‘robot angels’ and will be able to merge our brains with AI, according to technology experts
Business Insider spoke to six technology experts at the Mobile World Congress 2018. They spoke about the future we could experience within the next 50 years. Read the full transcript below: Brian Wong – Kiip, CEO & Co-founder: So in 50 years I think the world will, in terms of technology, really change and […]
Superagers’ youthful brains offer clues to keeping sharp
Elite elders are more than just an oddity. There’s potential for learning an enormous amount and applying it to the rest of us, including those who may be on a trajectory for some type of neurodegenerative disease, researchers say.
AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain’s Memory
If we can’t understand our own brains, maybe the machines can do it for us. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a78f50d80d49606fed71cf0/master/pass/electricbrain-871025390-%5BConverted%5D.jpg