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There’s a sensation that you experience — near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert — from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, but your cells may also.
Figure 1. Dorothy Stokes on holiday with Barney, 1930s. Album 242, Dorothy Stokes photographic collection. Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts, but most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly to victims of the crisis.
A recent report by Willoughby, Carroll, Dover and Hakala from The Wheatley Institute explored the use of AI for romance and sex in 2969 young adults (ages 18-30) and older adults (over 30). Their survey found some surprising results, and significant connections to feelings of depression and loneliness.
HBO’s new hit series that follows the staff of a hospital emergency room over one 15-hour shift has made waves for being one of TV’s most accurate medical dramas.
Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes experienced physically as pleasant “chills.” While the effect of music on pleasure is clear, the brain mechanisms behind musical enjoyment are not yet fully understood. The brain’s opioid system is known to be involved in pleasurable experiences related to survival-critical behaviors, such as eating and sex. This new study from the Turku PET Centre in Finland demonstrates for the first time that listening to favorite music also activates the brain’s opioid receptors.
The foundations of democracy are being eroded by right-wing populists and the far right, with factors such as technology-driven disinformation and escalating social inequalities contributing to widespread alienation and discontent. Decades of neoliberal policies have dismantled societal structures, exacerbating these challenges.
The Mental Welfare Commission today published ten new reports following visits to mental health and community services in Scotland. Every year the Commission visits around 150 wards and units for people with mental ill health, learning disability, dementia or related conditions in Scotland.
The majority of the plaintiffs allege that they were abused in the 1980s, ’90s and 2000s in county-run juvenile detention facilities or MacLaren Children’s Center, a shelter for foster children, according to a statement released by Los Angeles County.