Enrich Your Brain Power with Fragrance!
Researchers at the University of California recently uncovered strong evidence that enriching the air with fragrances improves cognitive performance. In a study, they provided 20 people with an assortment of natural oils containing fragrances. Others were provided with a “sham” that contained trace amounts of an odorant. All […]

Bank Closures
Growing numbers of Americans are being left without access to basic financial services as bank branches are being closed across the country. Data from S&P Global Market Intelligence shows that a total of 1,144 national and regional banks were closed between January 1 and July 31 across 49 states. California had the most […]

Mild Fevers Can Be Beneficial
Do you reach for medications when you feel a fever coming on? Not so fast, research suggests. That fever may be beneficial, as long as it’s mild. Mild fevers often resolve on their own, and the body has the capability to induce them and later shut them down. In this […]

When AI Lies to You
An attorney who used legal precedence that he obtained from ChatGPT to argue a client’s court case was recently humiliated to find that the chatbot had lied to him. The attorney, Steven Schwartz, was representing Roberto Mata in his suit against Avianca Airlines for injuries he sustained from a serving […]

Increased Risks with Marijuana Edibles
The use of marijuana for both medicinal and recreational purposes has been increasingly legalized in many states. Eating marijuana is considered a better alternative to smoking or vaping it, but there are still downsides. Marijuana edibles pose increased risks to children and pets because of the ease of overdosing. While […]

Street Evangelism Right Upheld—For Now
The city of Chicago has settled with Wheaton College students who were prohibited from evangelizing in the city’s Millennium Park in 2018. The case pushed the city to change park regulations to allow evangelizing and other public speech. City rules prohibited “the making of speeches” and passing out of literature […]

Short Spurts of Vigorous Activity Lowers Mortality
New research has found that in addition to regular moderate exercise, small bouts of vigorous activity can have substantial benefits on our health as well. These can be as short as 1- to 2-minute windows of time that easily fit into our busy schedules. This vigorous activity could […]

Holiday Storms Create Havoc
The timing of Winter Storm Elliott couldn’t have been worse. One of the coldest Christmas storms in modern memory, it formed in the Pacific Northwest and intensified in the Great Lakes, bringing blizzard conditions to several states. By Christmas Eve, Elliott’s strong winds and brutally cold temperatures were affecting the entire […]

Even One Drink May Be Harmful
It's no secret that heavy drinking is linked to potential health problems, but now a British study suggests even one drink a day is linked to detectable changes in the brain. Researchers examined fMRI brain scans from 36,678 healthy adults and compared those findings to participants' alcohol consumption. In line […]

China’s Developing Social Credit System
For most people outside China, the words “social credit system” conjure up an image of a web of technologies that automatically score all Chinese citizens according to what they did right and wrong. But according to MIT’s China Report, there’s no central social credit score for individuals or algorithms for doing […]