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Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw a diagram of those taste bud arrangements once in a biology textbook: sweet sensors at the tip, salty on both sides, sour on the back, bitter on the back. But the idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that "persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it," according to an article published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The concept that taste is limited to the mouth is also wrong. The old…

Associated media - Related media Susan Maureen Driver was born on December 19, 1947 in Gillingham, England, the only child of Arthur and Winifred Driver. The Drivers ran a pub called the Royal Marine and Sue grew up in its rowdy environment. “I spent a lot of time watching people meet, talk, drink, argue, dance, flirt,” she wrote. Her parents’ relationship was chaotic and contentious, and they divorced when she was 10. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Hull in East Yorkshire before moving to Canada, where he earned a master’s degree in literature…

Connected media - Associated media But North Korean defectors and conservative activists in the South continued to send balloons to the North. Their balloons carried mini-Bibles, dollar bills, computer USB sticks containing South Korean soap operas and leaflets calling Mr. Kim and his father and grandfather, who ruled the North before him, “pigs,” “vampires.” and “womanizers”. “ These balloons, their supporters said, helped diminish the information blackout and cult of personality imposed by North Korea against its people. North Korea was offended, so much so that its military fired anti-aircraft fire to shoot down plastic balloons heading north. In 2016,…

Associated media - Related media In 1995, the concentration of THC in cannabis samples seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration was approximately 4%. In 2021 it was around 15%. And now cannabis producers are extracting THC to produce oils, edibles, wax, sugar-sized crystals, and glass-like products called shatter with THC levels that can exceed 95%. Over the past decade, research has shown that frequent cannabis use – and particularly the use of high-potency products with THC levels above 10% – is a risk factor for the onset of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. “But that’s not to say that less…

Related media - Related media An Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that killed dozens of displaced Palestinians drew widespread international condemnation on Monday, with world leaders calling for an investigation into the attack and stepping up pressure on Israel to put an end to his military campaign in the south.French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he was “outraged” by the explosion and called for “full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”“These operations must stop,” he said, referring to Sunday’s strike. “There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians.” The attack came just…