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Imaginima/Getty Images Your Brain Uses Less Energy When You’re Looking at Something Beautiful, Study Finds
The brain uses more energy than any other organ in the body, and visual processing alone accounts for nearly half of our energy reserves.
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Mr. Suphachai Praserdumrongchai/Getty Images 8 Unhinged Things Your Brain Does to ‘Protect’ You
Here are 8 unhinged things your brain does to “protect” you, whether you asked for it or not.
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Yaorusheng/Getty Images When Did Self-Care Become a Full-Time Job?
Self-care is supposed to be a part of life where you stop doing stuff, unplug, and finally relax. But now it’s turned into big business.
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Smith Collection/Gado/Contributor/Getty Images The 8 Weirdest Wellness Cleanses in History (Including One That Used a Live Parasite)
Humans have been trying to purge themselves into enlightenment for centuries using methods that sound closer to torture than self-care.
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NASA/Handout/Getty Images 9 Super Awful Things Going to Space Does to the Human Body
NASA has spent decades documenting the weird parts because the weird parts are the most interesting, but they can also be dangerous.
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Kirk Marsh/Getty Images ‘Exploding Head Syndrome’ Might Sound Fake, But It’s Totally a Real Thing
The name is dramatic. Your body’s reaction is dramatic. But what exactly is exploding head syndrome, and is it dangerous?
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Peter Cade/Getty Images How Fear of ‘Humanized’ Pigs Stalled One of Medicine’s Boldest Ideas
Medicine accepts making humans a little more pig. But growing human organs inside pigs, even to save lives, remains off-limits.
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