Social Interactions Can Alter Gene Expression In Brain

If you think about your DNA and its link to your behavior, you might believe it’s hardwired—that is, our DNA determines who we are and how we behave with others. In a review paper in the November 2008 issue of Science, authors Robinson, Fernald, and Clayton show that social information alters gene expression in the […]

Setting priorities

I just listened to a TEDtalks presentation by Bjørn Lomborg on “Our priorities for saving the world.” While he holds highly controversial positions related to global problems, what I found most interesting was his discussion of how to think about setting priorities for solving problems.

Of course, one way of problem solving is to ask, […]

How to live longer

Be happy! That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Live happily and you could add several years to your longevity. So says Professor Ruut Veenhoven of Erasmus University in a research article published by the Journal of Happiness Studies.

Correlating happiness and longevity requires long-term studies. Veenhoven used data from 30 different research studies […]