Month: September 2021

They're incredible. Amazing. Magical. But perhaps the most fantastic thing about lucid dreams – in which the dreamer becomes aware they're dreaming – is how realistic they seem.   Sadly, only about half of us ever experience lucid dreams in our lives, and efforts to trigger the phenomenon have delivered mixed results. But a study published in 2018 revealed one of the most effective ways of inducing lucid dreaming yet. Building on their own previous research, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Lucidity Institute in Hawaii wanted to investigate how chemicals called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEls) might promote lucid dreaming. The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is thought to help modulate REM sleep, and AChEls help this compound to aggregate in the brain...

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are 21 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,682, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday. OHA also reported 2,113 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to 320,990. Western States scientific safety review workgroup recommends Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot after six months for certain groups The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup on Friday completed its review of the federal process and has recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at least six months after their primary vaccination series for people older than 65 and people at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. “Everyone eligible wh...

A new study of how physical activity impacts the metabolism of humans suggests that increasing levels of activity may bring diminishing returns in energy expenditure. This is due to “compensatory responses in non-activity energy expenditures,” international researchers wrote in the study, published in August in the journal Current Biology. For every 100 calories burned as a result of working out, the study says most people will net fewer than 72 calories burned. “This suggestion has profound implications for both the evolution of metabolism and human health. It implies that a long-term increase in activity does not directly translate into an increase in total energy expenditure (TEE) because other components of TEE may decrease in response – energy compensation,”...

The growing number of Georgetown students and staff dealing with a gastrointestinal illness this week appear to have come down with a case of norovirus. The growing number of Georgetown students and staff dealing with a gastrointestinal illness this week appear to have come down with a case of norovirus. In an update Friday evening, the university said that tests from two samples revealed that the illness was caused by norovirus. The stomach illness can be spread from person to person, as well as touching surfaces or objects contaminated with the virus and by putting your fingers in your mouth, the school said. So far, the university said that more than 90 students have reported symptoms that could be consistent with norovirus. The ...