By M.J. Higby Guest writer for Wake Up World Ampulex compressa, also known as the jewel wasp because of its bright coloration, is a gifted neurosurgeon. To achieve its end means of reproduction, the...
Category - DNA, the Brain & The Human Body
Big Biotech’s ‘Substantial Equivalence’ Argument Busted by Latest GMO Study
By Makia Freeman Contributing writer for Wake Up World The Biotech industry assures the public that GMOs are substantially equivalent to their non-GMO or near-isogenic counterparts. In fact, the...
Reincarnation as a Biological Adaptation to Natural Selection
January 15th, 2017 By Anthony Tyler Guest writer for Wake Up World Collaborative behavioral neuroscientists, Professor Todd Murphy and Dr. Michael Persinger, have steadily built up an empirical...
How Expressing Gratitude Rewires Your Brain for the Better
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World The positive psychology movement might not be your cup of tea — especially if you view it as some kind of Pollyanna sugarcoating...
7 Ways Cannabis Can Protect The Brain
By Mary Biles Guest writer for Wake Up World Cannabis kills brain cells, right? Think again… It’s true, most of us can think of at least one committed stoner with a memory of a goldfish...
Listening to This One Song Reduces Anxiety by 65 Percent, Neuroscientists Discover
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Anxiety — that feeling of dread, fear, worry and panic — is certainly nothing new. Hippocrates wrote about it in the fourth...
Mushroom Magic: The Psychological and Spiritual Benefits of Psilocybin
By Wes Annac Contributing writer for Wake Up World Psilocybin, the natural hallucinogenic compound found in various species of psilocybin mushrooms, has been found to treat depression, anxiety...
Hemp Seed Could Have Anti-Alzheimer’s Benefits, Study Reveals
By Sayer Ji Contributing writer for Wake Up World Hemp seeds are gaining increased recognition as a delicious and nutritious food, but few still know they have significant medicinal value...
Post-Modern Shamanism: Top 10 Misunderstood Psychedelics
By Anthony Tyler Guest writer for Wake Up World A subject that has received an intense amount of criticism in western culture — and continues to do so — is psychedelic drugs...
The Science of Ayahuasca
By Nick Polizzi Guest writer for Wake Up World A plant native to the Amazonian jungles has been used by the indigenous population for generations untold for physical, spiritual and emotional health...
Alzheimer’s is a Diabetic Disorder of the Brain, Researchers Find
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World If you have diabetes — or would like to prevent the disease altogether — current research has added yet another reason to...
Scientific Proof That Your Consciousness Exists After Death
By Justin Faerman Guest writer for Wake Up World Does life, or rather consciousness, continue after death? Are we more than just our bodies and brain? If you listen to Western...