Body ~ Mind ~ Soul --- Being Human

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A Surprising Number of Genetic Mutations Occur Thanks to a Quirk of Quantum Physics​

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Mistakes happen. Especially when it comes to the replication of vast sequences of DNA inside our cells. It's a good thing too. If not for the errors in our genes we refer to as mutations, natural selection would be a no-go, and life would be dead in the water.

As crucial as mutations are to everything from disease to biodiversity, we know shockingly little about the physics of the process.

Findings from the University of Surrey in the UK have revived speculations that a primary trigger behind the chemical sleight-of-hand that spontaneously swaps one coded base for another is quantum in nature.

Specifically, a significant part of the mutation process is the displacement of a single hydrogen that glues together the genetic bases to make the 'rungs' of DNA's twisted ladder structure. This occurs through the process of tunneling, breaking bonds between the genetic bases of guanine and cytosine over time scales that permit permanent changes.
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A Surprising Number of Genetic Mutations Occur Thanks to a Quirk of Quantum Physics

 

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People Are Dating All Wrong, According to Data Science​

Large data sets provide intriguing—and dismaying—insights into who we're drawn to and how much that matters for our romantic happiness.
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People Are Dating All Wrong, According to Data Science

Large data sets provide intriguing—and dismaying—insights into who we're drawn to and how much that matters for our romantic happiness.

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7 Incredible Benefits of Lifting Weights That Have Nothing to Do With Building Muscle​

Boost your mood, reduce back pain, and much more.
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7 Incredible Benefits of Lifting Weights That Have Nothing to Do With Building Muscle

Boost your mood, reduce back pain, and much more.

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Here's a couple that sort of complement each other;

8 Rules to Do Everything Better​

The most important principles to grow your body and mind.

8 Rules to Do Everything Better

The most important principles to grow your body and mind.

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The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity​

We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril.

The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity

We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril.

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The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior​

Bertrand Russell’s magnificent Nobel prize acceptance speech.

The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior

Bertrand Russell’s magnificent Nobel prize acceptance speech.

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Extinct human species: how different were they from us?​

Well done Homo sapiens! Yes, that's us: the modern human. We avoided extinction and thrived. But this was not the case for any other archaic human species. And if you think that we simply evolved in a direct line, you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, other species of humans cohabited our planet at the same. And yes, we even inbred with some of them. Though in the end we were the only ones who made it to this day.
But how different were these early human species from us, really? Click through the gallery to find out.
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Extinct human species: how different were they from us?

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One issue is how to determine human, how close these genomes were to our present one?
Or are they significantly different?

 

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There Are Six Styles of Love. Which One Best Describes You?​

Keep in mind, you may still possess some elements of the others.

There Are Six Styles of Love. Which One Best Describes You?

Keep in mind, you may still possess some elements of the others.

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Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?​

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

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What Would Happen If Everyone Truly Believed Everything Is One?​

Research suggests a belief in oneness has broad implications for psychological functioning and compassion for those outside of our immediate circle.

What Would Happen If Everyone Truly Believed Everything Is One?

Research suggests a belief in oneness has broad implications for psychological functioning and compassion for those outside of our immediate circle.

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How to Be Thankful For Your Life by Changing Just One Word​

This simple switch flips your perspective for the better.
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As adults, we spend a lot of time talking about all of the things that we have to do.

You have to wake up early for work. You have to make another sales call for your business. You have to work out today. You have to write an article. You have to make dinner for your family. You have to go to your son’s game.

Now, imagine changing just one word in the sentences above.

You don’t “have” to. You “get” to.

You get to wake up early for work. You get to make another sales call for your business. You get to cook dinner for your family. By simply changing one word, you shift the way you view each event. You transition from seeing these behaviors as burdens and turn them into opportunities.

The key point is that both versions of reality are true. You have to do those things, and you also get to do them. We can find evidence for whatever mind-set we choose.
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How to Be Thankful For Your Life by Changing Just One Word

This simple switch flips your perspective for the better.

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33 Smart Habits That Will Train Other People to Treat You With Respect​

Most of these are small, subtle changes in behavior, but they can have a big impact on how much other people respect you.

33 Smart Habits That Will Train Other People to Treat You With Respect

Most of these are small, subtle changes in behavior, but they can have a big impact on how much other people respect you.

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Keeping Fit: How to Do the Right Exercise for Your Age​

As we get older, our bodies benefit from different types of exercise. Here’s a guide for all ages.

Keeping Fit: How to Do the Right Exercise for Your Age

As we get older, our bodies benefit from different types of exercise. Here’s a guide for all ages.

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6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal​

Many toxic relationship habits are baked into our culture and we end up accepting them as normal. These are some of the worst ones.

6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal

Many toxic relationship habits are baked into our culture and we end up accepting them as normal. These are some of the worst ones.

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This article is basically an intro to the more detailed books/articles the authors have written, but still a useful and short read.

What a Body Built to Last 100 Years Would Look Like​

We would look a lot different if evolution had designed the human body to work well for a century or more

What a Body Built to Last 100 Years Would Look Like

We would look a lot different if evolution had designed the human body to work well for a century or more

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This article is basically an intro to the more detailed books/articles the authors have written, but still a useful and short read.

What a Body Built to Last 100 Years Would Look Like​

We would look a lot different if evolution had designed the human body to work well for a century or more​

What a Body Built to Last 100 Years Would Look Like

We would look a lot different if evolution had designed the human body to work well for a century or more

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Shared the following article a few months ago, but it complements this one.

Top 10 Design Flaws in the Human Body​

From our knees to our eyeballs, our bodies are full of hack solutions.​

The Greeks were obsessed with the mathematically perfect body. But unfortunately for anyone chasing that ideal, we were designed not by Pygmalion, the mythical sculptor who carved a flawless woman, but by MacGyver. Evolution constructed our bodies with the biological equivalent of duct tape and lumber scraps. And the only way to refine the form (short of an asteroid strike or nuclear detonation to wipe clean the slate) is to jerry-rig the current model. “Evolution doesn’t produce perfection,” explains Alan Mann, a physical anthropologist at Princeton University. “It produces function.”

With that in mind, I surveyed anatomists and biologists to compile a punch list for the human body, just as you’d do before buying a house. Get out your checkbook. This one’s a fixer-upper.
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Top 10 Design Flaws in the Human Body

From our knees to our eyeballs, our bodies are full of hack solutions.

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I may have presented this earlier, but always worth a repeat;

What Personality Are You? How the Myers-Briggs Test Took over the World​

Deemed ‘astrology for businessmen’ for some, lauded as life-saving by others, the personality tests are a ‘springboard’ for people to think about who they are.​

What Personality Are You? How the Myers-Briggs Test Took over the World

Deemed ‘astrology for businessmen’ for some, lauded as life-saving by others, the personality tests are a ‘springboard’ for people to think about who they are.

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Supplementing of sorts;

An essential guide to working with all the Myers-Briggs personality types​

Although controversial, the MBTI is widely applied within the business world, with 89 of the Fortune 100 companies utilizing it. Experts weigh in on how classic personality traits translate to remote work.​

An essential guide to working with all the Myers-Briggs personality types

Although controversial, the MBTI is widely applied within the business world, with 89 of the Fortune 100 companies utilizing it. Experts weigh in on how classic personality traits translate to remote work.

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7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight​

This is taking your leadership to a whole new level, again.

7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight

This is taking your leadership to a whole new level, again.

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Everything in moderation

 

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Controversial Theory Says Human Consciousness Is ... Electromagnetic?​

It may sound crazy, but it’s based on science.​

Controversial Theory Says Human Consciousness Is ... Electromagnetic?

It may sound crazy, but it’s based on science.

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Keeping Fit: How to Do the Right Exercise for Your Age​

As we get older, our bodies benefit from different types of exercise. Here’s a guide for all ages.​

Keeping Fit: How to Do the Right Exercise for Your Age

As we get older, our bodies benefit from different types of exercise. Here’s a guide for all ages.

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Relating to the above ...

50-Year-Old Muscles Just Can’t Grow Big Like They Used to—The Biology of How Muscles Change With Age​

As people age, the chemical signaling pathways in muscles become less potent, and it gets harder to build muscle and maintain strength. But the health benefits of strength training only increase with age.

50-Year-Old Muscles Just Can’t Grow Big Like They Used to—The Biology of How Muscles Change With Age

As people age, the chemical signaling pathways in muscles become less potent, and it gets harder to build muscle and maintain strength. But the health benefits of strength training only increase with age.

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