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5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome

5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome
You might know that the main way our body regulates its biological clock (and circadian rhythm) is through light. So when your brain is detecting light, it has your body behave as it should in the daytime (higher energy, greater strength, more bowel movements, etc.), and when the brain notices that the environment is dark after an extended period of brightness, then it imagines you're about to go to sleep, and it releases hormones (like melatonin) that make you sleepy. What you might not have known is that scientists recently found a second clock, and instead of depending on light, this one is food-based. The food-clock desires this. Imagine you're a predator out hunting for food (and Jesse Ventura), but all the regular animals you would eat are nowhere to be found. Photos.comThe slaying of pizza rolls has set countless new biological mornings. It makes sense -- your brain is now under the impression that if you want to survive, you can only go hunting at night.

6 Mind-Blowing Things People Built in their Backyard If you are lucky enough to have a backyard instead of just, say, an alley full of garbage cans or the ass end of your neighbor's trailer, you probably feel like a hero just for keeping the grass cut. Maybe if you're really ambitious, you've done some landscaping, or maybe you're handy and have built a deck. It really doesn't matter -- whatever you've got back there doesn't compare to these mind-boggling one-man projects ... #6. The Miniature Paris firewireblog.com"This is the third time you've used 'A giant hand was blocking the bridge' as a late excuse." This may look like a Photoshopped image of a giant, nuclear-powered Frenchman descending upon Paris, but the Frenchman is actually regular-sized. firewireblog.comPeople with scale models of world cities in their backyard are 14 percent less likely to end up selling drugs. Working in his shed all by himself, Brion built his miniature Paris out of old concrete blocks, baby food jars, soup tins and other junk. #5. wiki #4.

30 traits of an Empath (How to know if you're an Empath) By: Christel Broederlow What is an empath? Being an empath is when you are affected by other people’s energies, and have an innate ability to intuitively feel and perceive others. Your life is unconsciously influenced by others’ desires, wishes, thoughts, and moods. Empaths are often quiet achievers. However, they can be the exact opposite: reclusive and apparently unresponsive at the best of times. Empaths have a tendency to openly feel what is outside of them more so than what is inside of them. Empaths are more inclined to pick up another’s feelings and project it back without realizing its origin in the first place. Without a doubt, this emotional withholding can be detrimental to one’s health, for the longer one’s thoughts and/or emotions aren’t released, the more power they build. Empaths are sensitive to TV, videos, movies, news and broadcasts. You will find empaths working with people, animals or nature with a true passion and dedication to help them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

7 Mind-Blowing Ways Jobs Are Being Outsourced to Animals In this economy, millions of workers know what it's like to have their job outsourced to another country, or to get replaced by a robot. It's hard to hear that all of your advanced skill and dedication can be replaced at a fraction of the cost. What would be worse than that? Hearing that your job is now being done by an animal. Because we're telling you, animals are figuring this stuff out. Also, they don't complain and they don't get paid. #7. Getty First of all, yes, this is a tiny horse wearing sneakers. guidehorseHe's as stunned as we are. It's not a cute photo staged for one of those adorable animal calendars you get for your mom at Christmas -- that shoe-wearing horse is on the job. Like humans, horses differ in size. npr"Haha! They actually have several advantages over their canine competition, in addition to being wonderful conversation starters. guidehorseTheir spring/summer collection is almost too much. However, there are downsides to guide horses. guidehorseNo, but seriously.

How to Know if You Are an Empath: 14 Steps Edit Article Two Methods:Seeing Signs That You Are an EmpathFinding Ways to Survive and Thrive If you have searched for this page, and have been looking for awhile, chances are that you are an Empath and you absolutely know that this article describes you. Empaths actually feel other people's feelings, health, concerns and most often have a second, third or more type of psi-ability such as telepathy. Read below and determine your potential as an Empath. Ad Steps Method 1 of 2: Seeing Signs That You Are an Empath <img alt="Know if You Are an Empath Step 1.jpg" src=" width="670" height="503">1Reading people's feelings without trying. Method 2 of 2: Finding Ways to Survive and Thrive We could really use your help! Can you tell us aboutGoogle Chrome? Can you help usrate articles? Google Chrome how to troubleshoot if reinstalling Chrome is taking forever real estate betta fish Tips

7 Real Suits That Will Soon Make the World A Cooler Place From the gilded chest plate of the Greek demigods to the worsted wool of the modern day word warrior (me), humanity inherently understands the power of a suit. Every CEO, every super hero, every high-powered lesbian knows that a good suit can change the way the world sees the wearer. But it would be wrong to say that the suit is an extension of the man. It is an extension of what the man dreams of becoming, and I for one dream of becoming invincible. Having no natural predators or concrete reason for anxiety in my life, I spend my time, like most affluent people, worrying about intangible threats. One of humanity's greatest achievements came in 1961 with the first manned mission to space, and after the cheers had died and confetti had fallen, mankind collectively asked the next logical question, "yeah, but how do we fuck up there?" "Well...that was underwhelming." Enter the 2suit. Now, back to Beastmaster because I inadvertently charged over that nugget of information earlier.

:: Dr. Joe DISPENZA :: 6 Shockingly Evil Things Babies Are Capable Of As anyone who's ever encountered babies in the wild can tell you, they're shiftless little balls of deception and greed. Those of us who stand up to walk, and sit down to poop may not be Mother Theresa, but it turns out we had a long way to go from our babbling drooling selves. Yes, unless you're a borderline sociopath today, you were probably at your worst before you ever uttered a word. It's science! It seems crazy that a barely functioning human infant could be cunning enough to lie to get out of trouble, but it's true. Oh shut up, you piece of shit. Perhaps even more surprising is that, when they know they've done something wrong, the little bastards will distract their parents to avoid getting caught. Why Did I Do That?! Lying is considered an important part of a child's development. According to science, lying isn't something that happens when a normal baby get's corrupted by TV--it is normal human behavior. Pictured: You, if your parents were flightless birds. Survival.

Brain Pickings 5 Ways You Don't Realize Movies Are Controlling Your Brain So there was a mass shooting during a Batman movie and, goddamn it, it turned out the killer owned a Batman mask and called himself "The Joker." By now, several talking heads have come to the conclusion that the movie somehow triggered the massacre, or whatever. You know the game at this point -- sadly, we've seen this whole cycle play out more than once. As always, this knee-jerk reaction by old, scared talking heads will predictably result in most of our audience scoffing and saying that movies can't influence people to do anything, because movies are make-believe and every non-crazy member of the audience knows how to separate fact from fiction. Well, the thing is ... that is equally wrong. #5. Getty You've seen Braveheart, right? So if you don't mind, just quickly tell me which parts were fiction. Probably the part where more than the six people directly in front of him could hear what he was saying during that speech. You don't know, do you? Getty"Fetch my spear gun. No. #4. #3.

PSYCH-K Centre International 5 Bad Ideas for Dealing With Bullies You Learned in Movies Recently, I've had several people ask if I could talk about bullying. I'll be perfectly honest here, I had no idea what I could possibly say about the subject. When I was in school, we just kind of had to deal with it as best we could, any advice coming from sitcoms and movies about nerds overcoming jocks by recording their girlfriends naked in the bathroom. #5. This is the very first thing they suggest when you find yourself discovering that putting makeup on a black eye just makes you look like David Bowie. How they handled it: Arnold tells his family that he's being picked on by a bully named "The Gooch." So keep that in mind, kids. But in reality: Arnold is slightly larger than a toddler. See, most sane adults will go straight to the school. Photos.com"You do know it's school policy to torture you with acid, right?" It's bullshit like this that kept my brother quiet during his own bully fiasco. Parents were called in, and the bullies disappeared into the Principal's office. #4. #3.

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