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Psychology explains why people hug pillows while sleeping and what their brain may be seeking

Hugging a pillow during sleep fulfills deep human needs for comfort and safety. Psychologists suggest this habit connects to attachment theory and emotional regulation. Transitional object theory explains how familiar items provide reassurance and calm. Deep pressure stimulation from hugging can activate the body's relaxation response. Physical comfort and better…

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Eat, sleep, rave ... make peace! DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu’s mission to change the world with topless raves

He beat brain cancer. Now your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ is on a UK tour, armed with experimental techno, Beastie Boys and Taylor Swift

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Animal Memory Research Is Overturning Everything We Thought We Knew About Cognition

The assumption that crumbled firstThe standard view held that episodic memory, the ability to mentally replay a specific past event, not just respond to a learned cue, was uniquely human. Then came a 1998 study by Nicola Clayton and Anthony Dickinson at Cambridge University, published in Nature, that changed the…

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Crows Can Remember Your Face for Over Three Years and Their Memory Works Like This

The Study That Started With a Caveman MaskIn 2008, wildlife biologist John Marzluff and his team at the University of Washington walked onto the campus wearing latex caveman masks, trapped several American crows, banded them, and released them unharmed. That single interaction was enough. For years afterward, whenever anyone wore…

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The Ancient Indian Fragrance Called Ittar Still Knows Something About Your Identity

The Scent That Predates the BottleThe oldest ittar recipes in the subcontinent don't come from perfumers. They come from physicians. The Charaka Samhita lists aromatic preparations not as luxury but as medicine, rose to cool the blood, sandalwood to calm the mind, vetiver to draw heat from the body in…

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Why The Most Shocking Idea About Religion Came From Vivekananda?

The Room That Heard Without Listening On 11 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stood before the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago and opened with seven words: "Sisters and brothers of America." The hall erupted. Two minutes of applause for a greeting. What followed, the actual argument, received polite appreciation…

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Who was Theo Burrell? Antiques Roadshow Expert's Career, Husband, Health Journey, and Death at 39

Theo Burrell, a beloved Antiques Roadshow expert, passed away at 39 after battling glioblastoma. Her legacy includes raising brain cancer awareness and making antiques accessible to all.

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Psychology says people who can't remember routes even after traveling hundred times aren't absent-minded, their brain may priortizing different things

Psychology suggests that people who struggle to remember routes are not born with ‘GPS brain’. Fortunately, navigation is a skill that many people can improve with experience and mindful observation.

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Popular Antiques Roadshow star dies after incurable brain tumour diagnosis

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Brexit denies UK children access to life-extending drug for aggressive brain cancer

Exclusive: Experts say Brexit has led to delays in the launch of clinical trials and increased costs for multiple drugs. They are urging the government to reset the UK’s relationship with Europe to reopen access to potentially life-changing treatments

The Independent UK

Psychology says people who don't like chocolate aren't strange, their taste receptors may be looking for something different

Psychology suggests that people who don't like chocolate aren't necessarily unusual or overly selective. Sometimes, disliking chocolate simply means the brain experiences flavor differently, not that anything is wrong.

The Economic Times

Daily Word Search Game #055 (Jul 12, 2026)

Expand your vocabulary with today's Daily Word Search puzzle. Choose from Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty levels and challenge yourself to find every hidden word in this fun and addictive word search game. New themed puzzles are added daily for word game and brain teaser fans alike. Entertainment

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Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell dies after brain cancer battle

Burrell was diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of brain tumour in June 2022.

The Independent UK

Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell dies aged 39

Burrell was diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of brain tumour in June 2022.

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‘I have an inoperable brain tumour after having the contraceptive jab’

A study found women who used the contraceptive injection for at least a year are 5.6 times more likely to develop meningioma brain tumours

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Andy Murray’s former tennis coach says playing racket sports is the best thing you can do to improve longevity at any age—here’s why

“I promise you'll have one of the best workouts of all time,” says former pro tennis player Mark Petchey

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Why Horses and Other Animals Sleep Standing Up: The Evolutionary Threat Behind This Survival Instinct

The Body That Cannot Afford to RestA horse can fall into slow-wave sleep on its feet. Its legs do not buckle. A passive stay apparatus, a system of tendons and ligaments in each leg, locks the joints without any muscular effort, holding the animal upright while its brain cycles through…

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What Pets and Animals Actually Dream About: What Brain Science and REM Sleep Research Reveals

The Rat That Ran the Maze TwiceIn 2001, neuroscientists Matthew Wilson and Kenway Louie at MIT wired electrodes into the hippocampi of rats and let them run a maze during the day. At night, while the rats slept, Wilson and Louie watched the same neurons fire, in the same sequence,…

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Why You Keep Going Back: The Idealization and Devaluation Cycle That Mimics Addiction in Love

The High Comes First, AlwaysYou remember exactly how it felt at the start. He texted back within minutes. He said things that made you feel seen in a way you hadn't been before. He called you remarkable, once, and you turned the word over in your mind for days. That…

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Why the Hemis Festival in Ladakh Is a Spiritual Pilgrimage Dressed as a Buddhist Celebration

The crowd does not prepare youYou have seen photographs. The masks are enormous, painted faces of wrathful deities, wide-eyed and red-mouthed, worn by monks who have trained for years to move inside them without stumbling. You think you are ready for the visual scale of Hemis. You are not ready…

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5 Anaemia Warning Signs in Teenagers That Parents Often Mistake for Normal Fatigue

Unusual Tiredness That Sleep Does Not FixMost teenagers sleep late and wake up groggy. That is not the tiredness to watch for. The fatigue that signals anaemia is different: a teenager who gets eight hours and still cannot get off the couch by noon, who falls asleep during tuition, who…

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In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order

Below the surface is one of the only places I can switch my brain off. Coming face to face with a shark comes with the territory – and we all have to adapt to this new normal

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‘Our brains were not necessarily meant to be this stimulated first thing in the morning’: psychologists explain why you reach for your phone as soon as you wake up — and what you can do to stop it

Ever wondered why you reach for your phone in the morning? I spoke to two psychology experts to get to the bottom of the morning scroll.

The Economic Times

Psychology says people who can drink tea anytime of the day aren't addicted, the comfort of familiar rituals may help them relax more than anything else

Psychology suggests that people who can drink tea anytime of the day aren't necessarily addicted to caffeine. Sometimes, the greatest comfort comes not from the tea itself, but from the familiar ritual surrounding every cup.

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How to Break Bad Habits for Good

Bad habits can affect almost every part of life. Whether it is spending too much time on your phone, eating unhealthy food, procrastinating, or staying up too late, these habits often become part of your daily routine without you even noticing. The good news is that no habit is permanent.…

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