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21 Jan 2020

Bad News For Insomniacs

Scientists have now discovered that while we sleep, cerebrospinal fluid sweeps away toxins that may cause neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease. In short, it cleans out all the gunk in your brain. In the following video by Seeker, host Maren Hunsberger explains the difference between REM and non-REM sleep, how slow-wave sleep helps remove toxins from your brain and what this research could mean when it comes to combating neurodegenerative diseases in the future.

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16 Jan 2020

Is Phosphorous the Key to Life?

Scientists have discovered new evidence that one element–phosphorous–could be essential to creating life anywhere in the universe and it could be scarce.

Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen are the so-called bulk elements that make up our muscles and organs, and that we need a lot of to stay alive. But phosphorous is equally as important.

It is the key that provides our genetic make up–DNA and RNA–and our ATP, how we store and use energy. So is life in the universe rarer than we think? Or might there be other alien elements out there creating life we don’t understand? Host Maren Hunsberger explains further in this edition of Seeker.

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