The scientists wrote that when people think about death they “tend to recognize ‘what might not be’ and become more grateful for the life they now experience. Fully recognizing one’s own mortality may be an important aspect of the humble and grateful person.

Brown fat is a metabolically active tissue. Brown fat in the cold acts like a furnace that burns our white fat (the type we try to lose with diet and exercise) to generate heat. Working brown fat cranks through more calories than working our muscles and brain. Which is exactly why a team of scientists in the Netherlands think that getting comfortab

Over three decades he’s shown that exercise-induced fatigue is predominantly a protective emotion. It’s a psychological state that has little to do with a person’s physical limits.

Commercial flying is incredibly safe. The statistics say you’re infinitely more likely to die in a crash on the way to the airport than you are in the plane. But this rule does not apply to bush plane flights in Alaska.

The human brain likely evolved to make these relative comparisons, because doing so uses far less brainpower than remembering every instance of a situation you’ve seen or been in. This brain mechanism in early humans allowed us to make quick decisions and safely navigate our environments. But applied to today’s world? “As people make all these rela

“Over our species’ hundreds of thousands of years of evolution,” Elliott said, “it was essential for our survival to do hard shit all the time. To be challenged.

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He’s since done this with all kinds of stress-inducing tasks. He’s put people through exams, had them give speeches in front of a big group, etc. His findings are consistent. “People who’ve gone through some adversity show a more positive response,” he said. “They feel like the event is an exciting opportunity rather than a sense of overwhelming dr