English - 14 Febbraio 2020 Are Racists Born or Raised? If You’re a Racist Don’t Blame It on Your DNA Even if science tells us that we are hard-wired to one extent or another to mark differences and to judge those we meet, don’t blame your DNA if you’re a racist. Human beings are not slaves to their biological impulses, in the chain of life they are distinguished by their ability to reason and to control their behavior.
People - 28 Marzo 2018 From New York an App Against Brain Cancer: Jessica Morris’ Battle It’s a smart phone app that allows patients to share their own daily symptoms, data that is then anonymously filed into a database made available to researchers: “I dream of a world in which whoever discovers in twelve years to have glioblastoma will have the knowledge of knowing that they have been afflicted by a curable cancer”, Jessica told us, and who is requesting an increase in research funding. And to those who have her sickness, she says, “Share, let’s find each other, let’s help each other”.
Lifestyles - 21 Luglio 2016 Work Out, Your Brain Will Improve Your Memory To understand how memories consolidate in the long-term and how to improve memory, at an event organized by ISSNAF with the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Drs. Cristina Alberini and Wendy Suzuki share with us their research and findings on the brain’s plasticity and its impact on learning