BioInsights

  All of the things that our brain and nervous system control, includes moving, digesting, worrying, etc. Our brain and body require information to decide when to do various things in order to feel up and focused, ready for some exercise, to move around and work, or if our brain and body are going to lie down and go to sleep. Light and darkness, both potent weapons for the neurological system, are the primary tools that will enable us to manage when we are awake and when we are sleeping and to have better sleep every single night. Another tool is temperature. We are more likely to fall asleep and stay asleep while our bodies are cool, and we may awaken if our bodies begin to heat up. Our neurological system can also benefit from what, when, and how much food we consume. So, the powerful tools are- Light Dark Temperature Food Exercise Caffeine is another instrument for controlling our tiredness and wakefulness. It functions as an aden...

  Our capacity for concentration, alertness, and emotional stability is reset by sleep. Consequently, it is of utmost significance. When we are awake, what we do affects how quickly we fall asleep, whether we stay asleep or not, and how we feel when we get up the next day. Therefore, obtaining a truly good night's sleep every night is crucial. Our neurological system and body produce more adenosine the more time we spend being awake. It induces something like a sleep urge or a hunger. Adenosine keeps progressively increasing the longer we have been awake, which is why we feel drowsy. Adenosine is similar to caffeine. Caffeine suppresses the receptor for sleepiness when it is consumed because it binds to the adenosine receptor. Adenosine will attach to that one receptor once the caffeine wears off, causing a crash and increased fatigue (tiredness). While caffeine can be beneficial for some people, it can also pose health risks for others. Dopamine is a n...

      An age-old question is like a riddle: which came first, the chicken or the egg? If we say the chicken came first, then we wonder where the very first chicken came from. But if we say the egg came first, then we ask which chicken laid that very first egg. It's a mystery about how things started with eggs and chickens. About 150 million years ago, when big and small dinosaurs roamed the Earth, some changes were happening. Dinosaurs that could run and fly were everywhere. During this time, a process called evolution was taking place. Some dinosaurs started to become smaller, and that's when birds began to appear. The very first bird came into being around this time. Now, some of these dinosaurs went on to become the fearsome T-Rex, while others became smaller and eventually turned into birds. This is why people say that today's chickens have a shared ancestor with the mighty T-Rex. In fact, the closest living relatives of the T-Rex are the modern-da...

                      HUMAN EVOLUTION Homo Habilis, homo Erectus, and Homo Neanderthals are the names of some species that were the closest ancestors of humans. Humans have some special relatives called Great Apes. These include chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and us, humans. We all belong to a scientific group called Hominids. One thing that makes us similar is that none of us have a tail. Now, here's something interesting: gorillas and orangutans can walk on two legs like humans, even though they usually walk on all fours. We also share the same blood group types across all Hominids. So, in a nutshell, we humans have some close cousins in the Great Ape family, and we share some common traits with them, like no tails and similar blood groups. even though Great Apes can't talk like we do, they can understand human sign language, which is pretty cool. Plus, when we tickle them, they make sounds that are a lot ...

                                     EVOLUTION INTRODUCTION Around 4 billion years back, life started on Earth. After a really long time, many different kinds of plants and animals came into being through changes over the years. All the trees, plants, animals, and creatures we see now are here because of this process called evolution. One of these groups is 'Homo sapiens' – that's us, humans! Many of us think that humans came directly from monkeys, but that's not exactly what the theory of evolution says. According to this idea, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, and humans all share a common ancestor, a kind of animal that doesn't exist anymore. Back in 1859, a biologist, Charles Darwin wrote a book called "On The Origin of Species." In this book, he talked about 'Natural Selection.' This is about how animals, trees and other creatures reproduce, and when they do, th...