Type: Video

How sugar affects the brain

When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine — an overload of sugar spikes dopamine levels and leaves you craving more. Nicole Avena explains why sweets and treats should be enjoyed in moderation.

How Technology Makes Us iDiots

With so much information readily available–and literally at our fingertips–it would be reasonable to assume that we’d be one of the most learned generations in recent memory. As empirical evidence might suggest, though, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Barcelona-based design studio Big Lazy Robot highlights this paradox, poking fun at our intellectual decline at the height of technological innovation.

Why Is Your BOTTOM in the MIDDLE?

So with a name like the “bottom,” you would think that your bottom would be on the “bottom” of our bodies…but it isn’t. In fact, there are very few poses and positions in which our bottoms are truly at the bottom of our bodies.

Why is this?