Redefining Retirement: A Journey from Rest to Running When most people retire, they dream of slowing down: long lunches, quiet mornings, maybe some travel or time with family. But Charles Eugster (1919-2017) had something else in mind. The British dentist didn’t ease into retirement. He continued to stay active by publishing dental bulletins into his […]
Drag queens are not new but, in that role, Conchita Wurst (or is it Tom Neuwirth?) has forced us to rethink gender stereotypes. He’s a bearded woman. Conchita is not the first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender. But she has […]
It’s a fact that deep sleep reactivates and strengthens specific memories. How does that work? Through replay. The neurons that make new connections in the brain when you are in the process of learning something reactivate during sleep. So, if you study for a test just before going to bed at night or before a nap, you’ll remember better […]
