Rebuilding A Wrecked Lamborghini Huracan Part 16
The Most Savage Tweets About Donald Trump’s Day with the Royals During His U.K. State Visit
President Trump kicked off his three-day state visit to the U.K. today with a number of engagements with members of the royal family. Not everyone was happy about his trip; there was a protest outside of Buckingham Palace (plus a few rebellious signs and billboards) despite his claim otherwise. But those who didn’t defy the POTUS with physical demonstrations did so on the Internet, trolling the the Commander-in-Chief with tweets and memes because it’s 2019 and this is what we do now. The quips began even before the president and first lady landed in…
Read MoreHow chronic inflammation may drive down dopamine and motivation
Growing evidence shows that the brain’s dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade inflammation. A new paper proposes that this connection between dopamine, effort and the inflammatory response is an adaptive mechanism to help the body conserve energy. Trends in Cognitive Sciences published the theoretical framework developed by scientists at Emory University. The authors also provided a computational method to experimentally test their theory. “When your body is fighting an infection or healing a wound, your brain needs a mechanism to recalibrate your motivation to do other…
Read MoreFAANG Stocks Fall as Reports of Government Investigations Scare Investors
The internet heavyweights were all down sharply as various media reported that the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission were planning to launch investigations of the companies. Facebook was down 7.51 percent, Alphabet Inc.(parent of Google) fell 6.11 percent and Amazon.com dropped 4.62 percent. Netflix, not under government scrutiny, was down a more modest 1.94 percent. The rout in tech stocks led to a 2.04 percent loss for the Entrepreneur Index™. The Nasdaq composite index was also down 1.61 percent. The Dow with a late surge gained 0.02 percent while the S&P 500 index fell 0.28 percent. Other…
Read MoreEating blueberries every day improves heart health
Eating a cup of blueberries a day reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease — according to new research led by the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with colleagues from Harvard and across the UK. New findings published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that eating 150g of blueberries daily reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by up to 15 per cent. The research team from UEA’s Department of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Norwich Medical School, say that blueberries and other berries should be included in dietary strategies to…
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