The Secret Psychology of Smiles
Did you know your smile is one of the most powerful social signals you have? Or that the simple act of smiling can change your brain chemistry, and even make strangers like you more? It’s true! Smiles aren’t just friendly gestures, they’re complex psychological signals that influence how we feel and how others perceive us. And what’s more interesting is that this all happens without us even noticing. Our brains respond to smiles automatically, shaping our impressions and emotional responses in a split second.
Vaccines: No Risk, No Reward
Vaccines are tools of modern medicine used in keeping us safe and healthy from the spread of disease. The science of vaccination has come a long way in the last 200 years since the first vaccine, the smallpox vaccine, was developed in 1796. As science has developed, so too has the role of the public in deciding whether or not to get vaccinated against preventable diseases. This includes you, too! The amount of information available to us in making these decisions can be overwhelming, especially if we don’t understand the science.
The Curious Case of the CADs Effect: Is Time Travel Actually Real?
We’ve all heard of cause and effect, but what if our universe doesn’t actually follow this principle? That’s the question behind a recent physics study conducted by Dr. Julia Mossbridge at the Mossbridge Institute, who spent a year recording how tiny particles of light (photons) behave inside a dark, sealed box. Her goal was to test something that could be the plot of a science fiction movie: could information about the future somehow show up in experiments done in the present? The phenomenon she studied is called the “causally ambiguous duration sorting effect” or CADS for short. In simpler terms, it’s a hint that the world around us may sometimes blur the line between “before” and “after.”
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