Will we ever “know” everything? — I’ve had this discussion with a few friends of mine, and it’s actually one of my favourite conversation topics ever. The short answer is no. We will, and can never, know everything. Given the sheer magnitude of topics or areas of study that currently exist, it’s pretty obvious that no…

How does human memory work? — Background Memory and Metacognition These two words come up often in discussions on neuroscience and the mysteries of the brain. But what do they really mean? Scientists spend their entire lives trying to completely answer this question, and yet the answer still seems quite far from reach. However, what we do know is that…

How to deal with mistakes — We all make mistakes. Sometimes they’re tiny and barely affect us, and other times they’re big and affect not only us but those around us as well. To explain my thoughts in this article, I’ll talk about myself rather than thinking up arbitrary examples. In my articles, I don't want…

Temporal Interference and How it Works — 2 in 3 individuals addicted to opioids relapse a year after rehab treatment. that’s insane. Clearly, something in the way that we treat addiction is problematic, or wrong. It has been proven that addiction often leads to the onset of other mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or anxiety. The same…

A Review on Optogenetic Manipulation of Astrocytes — It was theoretical physicist Michio Kaku who said: The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10,000 other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. The universe and the brain — My two favourite things to think about. It seems…

My thoughts as I drove home from Costco yesterday — Adults always ask me what I want to do “when I’m older”. It’s such a boring question — I never liked it. What about the things I’m doing now? I think as kids/teenagers, we’re conditioned to believe our lives don’t actually start until the clock strikes 12:00 on our 18th…

Some food for thought during the holiday season — As we approach the holidays, we begin to lose sight of some really important aspects of life. Especially as a child, my Christmas wishlist was a page or two long and filled with random things that, let’s face it, I was going to stop using after 2 days. …

How optogenetics is used to understand the science of memory — I can’t speak for everyone, but I know I often overlook the value of memory. Our memories play such a vital role in the shaping of our morals, personalities — everything that makes us, well, us. We have lots of good memories, and a fair amount of bad ones too…

I can’t even count the number of times I’ve stayed up thinking about something that happened a year ago, a month ago, even an hour ago. There was a point in time where everything would lead to me spiralling and losing focus and peace of mind. Like, everything. I was…