Get the chills from music? Your brain may be unique

Get the chills from music? Your brain may be unique

Does music give you the shudders, make you cry? Your brain may be wired differently than others. Matthew Sachs, a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California (USC), wondered why some of his friends said they “got the chills” when they listened to music. One friend told Sachs: “I sort of feel that my […]

“The Catcher Was a Spy” Moe Berg, OSS, A Swing, and a Miss

“The Catcher Was a Spy” Moe Berg, OSS, A Swing, and a Miss

Like most Special Forces guys, especially of my generation, I can’t get enough of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) from World War II. OSS was the “Greatest Generation” version of both CIA and the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) as both sprang forth from the extraordinary organization that General William “Wild Bill” Donovan built […]

You won’t forget this! A font that helps you retain information

You won’t forget this! A font that helps you retain information

Please read the inbox. It says: Here’s an article you’ll want to remember, since it helps you retain more of what you study or read, as well as makes people who receive your content remember your message. That’s why I’ve written the above in Sans Forgetica. It the latest technological invention that the Guardian calls […]

Virtual reality boosts exercise, reduces pain

Virtual reality boosts exercise, reduces pain

If you have the money and you’re big into exercise you may want to consider buying an Oculus headphone, or the like. Research by the University of Kent shows that virtual reality may lower your pain levels and increase performance when exercising or engaging in general physical activity. Participants using VR reported a pain intensity […]

Holy smoke! Cannabis business booms

Holy smoke! Cannabis business booms

Cannabis is ‘in’ and the stigma of weed three-quarters ‘out.’ The cannabis business is booming, following cannabis’ medical and recreational legalization in 29 states in America and the District of Columbia. A study released in June 2017, shows there are about 165,000 to 235,000 people working in jobs related to the weed industry. This means […]

North Korean spy to be charged in Sony ‘Interview’ hacking attack

North Korean spy to be charged in Sony ‘Interview’ hacking attack

On Thursday, the American Justice Department announced plans to charge a North Korean spy with hacking into the computers and servers of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. The hacking, which many believe occurred as retaliation for a film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader, reportedly wiped […]

Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ may not be totally realistic, but it is good television

Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ may not be totally realistic, but it is good television

As a kid, I loved the Jack Ryan movies because they seemed like they offered more realism than Ryan’s British counterpart over at MI6. While Bond was bedding women and drinking martinis, Ryan was sitting at conference room tables, using Harrison Ford’s trademark pointing gesture or Alec Baldwin’s steely blue eyes to convey the drama […]

Three survival skills you learned from movies (that will get you killed)

Three survival skills you learned from movies (that will get you killed)

We tend not to go to movies looking for realism. Even the movies we watch that are “based on” or “inspired by” true stories tend to bend the facts of the tale around a more logical (or marketable) narrative that audiences would be more likely to get behind, but some common tropes have become so […]

Old Man Fitness: The momentum of complacency

Old Man Fitness: The momentum of complacency

It happened. The website that I’ve poured just about every waking hour into for the better part of the last two years is gone, and in its place, we find this shiny new bit of internet real estate. The responses I’ve had come my way following the change have ranged from excited support to outraged […]

Hollywood and the old man warfighter

Hollywood and the old man warfighter

You probably know the image — a worn and weathered man with salt-and-pepper hair, a gruff 5 o’ clock shadow, and that thousand-yard stare emanating from his aged, experienced eyes. He’s been fighting since he was 18-years-old, and the actor is probably in his 40s. He’s the leading man in the vast majority of action […]