“Awesome Humans” is a weekly curated newsletter highlighting content at the intersection of becoming
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December 4 · Issue #67 · View online
Awesome Humans is about becoming the best you can be in a world of exponential change: Leadership, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Health, Disruption, and the Future.
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“Awesome Humans” is a weekly curated newsletter highlighting content at the intersection of becoming extraordinary individuals, building extraordinary teams, and the future.
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This is the Best Way to Realize Your Full Potential, Backed by Research
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
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The brain has more than one multitasking mode
Better drivers switch between split- and whole-brain tasks more easily.
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Sugar-free products stop us getting slimmer
Fascinating!! Many people believe that synthetic sweeteners will help them lose weight. But it turns out that one common substitute for sugar actually blocks the function of an enzyme that is essential for preventing obesity.
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Thanks to a Novel Protein, We Could Bring an End to Obesity
Obesity affects more than 600 million adults and around 41 million children under the age of 5 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers may have found a way to halt the development of both type 2 diabetes and obesity in humans using a recently discovered protein.
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A new brain health app from Neurotrack warns users of memory decline
A Redwood City, Calif. startup called Neurotrack Technologies Inc. has created a brain health app that is helping scientists unravel the mysteries of memory, and work to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
Its simple browser-based app screens users for signs of cognitive decline based on their eye movement as they watch a few images presented on their screens. These tests used to take about 30 minutes, and were available only at the doctor’s office using hugely expensive equipment.
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Scientists say gut microbes may play role in yo-yo dieting, obesity
“Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly after successfully slimming may well be due to their microbiome - the trillions of microorganisms in the gut. The researchers found that changes in the gut microbiome that occur when an obese mouse loses weight can persist for many months, and that this contributes to accelerated weight regain later if the diet lapses”
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Nasal spray SynGEM could hold the cure for the COMMON COLD
In a slightly shabby Victorian building in Paddington, London, researchers could be on the cusp of a breakthrough. However, as there are around 200 viruses, it’s to find a common cure.
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Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.
“The idea of purposefully introducing into my life a service designed to fragment my attention is as scary to me as the idea of smoking would be to an endurance athlete, and it should be to you if you’re serious about creating things that matter.”
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Create Purposeful Experiences: The Key to 21st Century Leadership and Organizations
We need to have more faith in our ability to build and co-create, as we have witnessed what happens when the drive for survival transforms into blind destruction and hatred. There is another way for us as business people to change the mindset of leadership, to co-create a new path to brings back the simplicity and beauty of business. Business can be a force powered by the purpose of providing exchanges between people that create purposeful experiences.
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Theory challenging Einstein's view on speed of light could soon be tested
New paper describes for first time how scientists can test controversial idea that speed of light is not a constant
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Wizardhood on Vimeo
All 8 Harry Potter films edited into one feature length story
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