When we engage our brains in a mentally taxing task, we eventually reach a point where we hit a wall or run on empty. Even when the rewards of finishing are obvious, we often find ourselves simply stopping. Exactly why this happens has long remained a mystery. We can easily point to tiredness or lack of motivation, but what is driving this disengagement at a biological level?
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A possible chemical explanation for why we give up on tough tasks
Medical Xpress · Nov 3
Simple exercise done just once a week could help lower blood pressure
Isometric exercise training like home wall squats produced significant blood pressure drops, but a cardiologist says dietary change may matter even more.
Fox News · Oct 27
With tighter checks for flesh-eating screwworm, a border crossing reopens
Stockyards in New Mexico that had closed due to the New World screwworm outbreak are bustling again
ABC News · Oct 26
Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine
Uganda is reinforcing existing border controls requiring citizens returning from Congo to undergo 21 days of quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria cont...
ABC News · Oct 25



