Improving mental performance with a nap

I read an interesting article in The Economist that describes the relationship between sleep and retaining information and new memories. It basically adds new momentum to believers of the power-snooze, something I practice on busy weekends.

The research was presented in this article from the Feb 25th edition.

The basic premise is [...]

Johns Hopkins Facts On Cancer

Recently I received a forward citing a recent “John Hopkins update” on cancer. It turns out it is a Hoax (per the link below), in that it supposedly comes from Johns Hopkins, a well respected US health institution and it also contains non-factual statements mixed with some facts.

I encourage reading the hoax and [...]