If you struggle to fall asleep at night, here’s something you might try - more and more research shows that thinking back on a happy might help. It’s called "savoring." The goal is to recreate the "positive emotional state of the experience" in your mind, so instead of just thinking about it, you have to close your eyes and imagine yourself back there. If you do it right, it reduces activity in your sympathetic nervous system to help you de-stress. And it ups the activity in your parasympathetic nervous system, which keeps you calm. READ MORE.
We may soon be able to control our social media accounts…with our minds! A company has developed a new brain implant called the Layer 7 Cortical Interface Its one-fifth the thickness of a human hair, and surgeons insert it into a tiny slit in patients’ heads less than a millimeter thick. They think it can also be used to treat neurological conditions, and it’s reversible. That means a patient can change their mind or upgrade to a newer model with no trouble. READ MORE.
Avatar: The Way of Water claimed the #1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with another $15.7 million. The first-place North American run of Avatar 2 has only been matched by the first Avatar and, in the past 25 years, bested by Titanic, which posted 15 weeks. All three were directed by James Cameron. READ MORE.
And that Powerball jackpot just keeps getting higher, there was no winner in Saturday night’s drawing which means the jackpot has now climbed to $613 million with a cash payout of $329 million. The next drawing is tonight. READ MORE.