Iris Health

Lover of personality type tests? Researchers found ~4 distinct clusters of personality types: average, reserved, self-centered & role model—based on 5 basic personality traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. buff.ly/2xkePou

💡TIL: The enteric nervous system of the gut (our second brain) is made up of 50-100 million nerves cells. As many as are contained in your spinal cord.

😮 A bit of a clickbait title given the pig brains didn't regain anything resembling consciousness, but still very cool! The blood vessels in the pigs’ brains began functioning and certain brain cells regained metabolic activity—even responding to drugs. buff.ly/2GrvxHw

🤯Chilling and fascinating. This disease map created by @metabiota allows you to watch epidemics as they spread in real time. buff.ly/2UyTmRw

"Happiness was linked to being a taker rather than a giver, whereas meaningfulness went with being a giver rather than a taker. Higher levels of worry, stress and anxiety were linked to higher meaningfulness but lower happiness." buff.ly/2uCSl0i

Dogs are the medicine animals and cuddle buddies humans don't deserve. Fascinating read on our pups know we're sick. buff.ly/2T1cYNB

While the emphasis in athletes is important, it's vital we all (athlete or not) put a strong emphasis on our gut health. Its condition is the answer to so much happening in our bodies. Thanks for sharing @TR401. buff.ly/2VR9FKx

💡TIL: You can’t tickle yourself because the cerebellum predicts the sensation and this prediction is used to cancel the response of other brain areas to the tickle.

💡TIL: Are you a hangry shark? Being hangry is real! If your blood-glucose levels drop far enough, your brain perceives it as life-threatening. 🍔

💡TIL: We all carry about 100 trillion (100,000,000,000,000) bacteria in our bodies. Yum! Thanks for sharing that in your book A Planet of Viruses, @carlzimmer