Detroit, Michigan – The Motor City’s Perfect Storm Detroit, Michigan – The Motor City’s Perfect Storm (image credits: unsplash) Detroit tops the list as the country’s most stressed city, and the numbers tell a brutal story. The Motor City has the highest unemployment rate in America at 11.4% and the lowest household income when accounting …
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Workplace Phobia: The Most Severe Form of Job-Related Anxiety Workplace Phobia: The Most Severe Form of Job-Related Anxiety (image credits: unsplash) Picture this: your heart races, your palms sweat, and a wave of panic washes over you just thinking about walking through your office doors. This isn’t just Monday morning blues – it’s workplace phobia, …
The Mysterious Birth of the Beaked Costume The Mysterious Birth of the Beaked Costume (image credits: unsplash) Charles de Lorme, a plague doctor who treated 17th century royals, is often credited with the uniform. The costume is usually credited to Charles de Lorme, a physician who catered to the medical needs of many European royals …
The Deadly Scourge That Terrorized Humanity The Deadly Scourge That Terrorized Humanity (image credits: pixabay) Imagine a disease so terrifying that it killed roughly one in three people it touched, leaving survivors permanently scarred and often blind. Smallpox had a mortality rate of about 30%, killing at least 1 in 3 people infected, making it …
Your Brain Actually Gets Bigger During Sleep Your Brain Actually Gets Bigger During Sleep (image credits: unsplash) Recent neuroimaging studies have revealed something absolutely mind-blowing about what happens to your brain when you sleep. Research published in the journal Science in 2013 showed that brain cells literally shrink by up to 60% during sleep, creating …