Tag: brain
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, brains, hearts...
Stressed? Take the fast track to 'womb-like' euphoria at this new L.A. art experience
The world inside a downtown L.A. warehouse seemed to come to a halt, and all I saw was a blur of colors,...
Get your back scratched and hair brushed at this cozy ASMR massage studio in L.A.
I’ve never felt weird about paying strangers to touch me. Massages, facials, martial arts — it’s all just bodywork to me. That...
Former Caltech and Google scientists win physics Nobel for pioneering artificial intelligence
On Tuesday morning, Princeton University professor John Hopfield and University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024...
L.A. County reports first West Nile virus death this year
A San Fernando Valley resident is the first person in L.A. County to die this year from West Nile virus, a mosquito-transmitted...