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Just had a workout? Feeling more calm or highly focused? This is not a coincidence! Not only does exercise help with building muscle and keeping your body healthy, but it also helps rewire your brain in ways that affect how you think, learn, and handle stress.  Exercise Can... Grow New Brain Cells Through exercise, the body releases a protein called BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), which helps with neurogenesis. This basically helps the brain grow new blood vessels,

Did you know that your phone camera was a spin-off of the CMOS sensors originally meant for spacecraft?  Like many others, outer space has always been my “one thing” since I was little. Though I wasn’t alive during the first moon landing, it still remains one of the greatest videos I’ve ever watched. Space exploration is a means of investigation beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Every year, countries around the world spend millions of dollars on space exploration. One of the bigges

Have you ever wondered why people grow their moustaches in November? Well, a large part of this is wanting to be a part of a 20-year-old movement. In 2003, a group of 30 men started a playful challenge of trying to grow a mustache during the month of November to bring it back into style. The idea was tied to men’s health after a friend’s mother was fundraising for breast cancer awareness. The following year, the founders partnered with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Austra