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Smarter isn’t a test score, it’s what happens when your hobbies quietly train attention, pattern recognition, and patience until your brain feels light on its feet

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7 hobbies that quietly make you smarter and more mentally agile over time

Scientists in Japan create a new wine grape with a wild twist

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Scientists in Japan create a new wine grape with a wild twist | ScienceDaily

Okayama scientists have crafted a new wine grape, Muscat Shiragai, merging the wild Shiraga and Muscat of Alexandria. The variety is part of a larger collaboration between academia, industry, and loca...

‘It’s all laid out there’: Canadian punk icon Bif Naked on her new documentary

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Always been a huge fan of Bif Naked

Canadian rocker Bif Naked on laying life bare in new documentary

The life of Canadian punk icon Bif Naked is being laid bare in a new documentary, whi

When people ask me what it means to be a good person, I do not think of trophies or job titles. I think of small, repeatable choices. The things you do when no one is grading you. The things that do n...

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The art of being a good person: 9 little habits that cost nothing but matter deeply

How Garmin Canada went from an Alberta garage to your wrist

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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13 Things People Quietly Stop Doing When They Have Given Up on Themselves | Cottonwood Psychology

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Guilty of 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 😞

13 Things People Quietly Stop Doing When They Have Given Up on Themselves | Cottonwood Psychology

When someone begins to feel worn down inside, their outer life often tells the story. It does not happen overnight. A few skipped texts, a day in the same

10 Hobbies Experts Say Will Supercharge Your Productivity

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10 Hobbies Experts Say Will Boost Your Productivity

These activities allow you to get more done and have fun at the same time.

Scientists discover the nutrient that supercharges cellular energy

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Scientists discover the nutrient that supercharges cellular energy | ScienceDaily

Scientists uncovered how the amino acid leucine enhances mitochondrial efficiency by preserving crucial proteins that drive energy production. By downregulating the protein SEL1L, leucine prevents unn...

Letting go is not grand or dramatic. It is small, steady choices that lighten your day. When you make room in your space and schedule, your mind rests, your

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The Art of Letting Go: 12 Small Habits That Make Life Simpler | Cottonwood Psychology

3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Figure Out What You Really Want

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What Discipline Is Really About

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Walking may be the brain’s best defense against Alzheimer’s

Walking a few thousand steps daily may help hold off Alzheimer’s for years, a Mass General Brigham study found. Even moderate physical activity slowed both cognitive decline and the buildup of harmful...

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A groundbreaking brain map could revolutionize Parkinson’s treatment | ScienceDaily

A groundbreaking brain map could revolutionize Parkinson’s treatment

Duke-NUS scientists unveiled BrainSTEM, a revolutionary single-cell map that captures the full cellular diversity of the developing human brain. The project’s focus on dopamine neurons provides crucia...

Scientists achieve forensics’ “Holy Grail” by recovering fingerprints from fired bullets

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This is great news!

Scientists achieve forensics’ “Holy Grail” by recovering fingerprints from fired bullets | ScienceDaily

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic...

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain development with mental health disorders.

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Massive database maps links between brain development and mental health

Even countries with similar values and goals can end up in conflict with each other due to forces they cannot fully control.

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Why can’t every country get along with each other? It comes down to resources, inequality and perception

The Southern US county honouring its dark past

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You can't sugar coat your past.
You can only choose to acknowledge it, learn from it, and grow (making amends, etc) - OR be ignorant and be doomed to repeat it, but your past will not change.

The Southern US county honouring its dark past

While other places in the US are increasingly censoring how they tell their multicultural histories to travellers, one community is highlighting them.

Practical Advice to Deal With Career Criticism

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Practical Advice to Deal With Career Criticism | Psychology Today South Africa

A recent article on Julia Roberts made me think about career resilience.

A second shot: How a doctor spotted a CTV News cameraman’s condition and said ‘I can fix that’

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Essential tremors: CTV News cameraman undergoes high-stat

For almost two decades, Kirk Neff and Omar Sachedina have travelled Canada and documented some memorable stories together. Over the next three days, Sachedina will share the incredible journey of Neff...

Scientists reverse anxiety by rebalancing the brain

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Sign me up!!

Scientists reverse anxiety by rebalancing the brain | ScienceDaily

Researchers have discovered a specific set of neurons in the amygdala that can trigger anxiety and social deficits when overactive. By restoring the excitability balance in this brain region, they suc...

How to Seek Self-Improvement but Reject Hustle Culture

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How to be growth-oriented without ascribing to values that aren't yours.

Tormenting the Scammer Who Did This

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I love scammer payback but I do hope they have some sort of root kit to do what they are saying they are doing. Putting something in the start folder is a simple fix.

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