A deep slumber might help buffer against memory loss for older adults facing a heightened burden of Alzheimer’s disease, suggests new research from the University of California, Berkeley. Deep sleep, also known as non-REM slow-wave sleep, can act as a “cognitive reserve factor” that may increase resilience against a protein in the brain called beta-amyloid…
A recent study on mice points to a previously unknown link as a likely culprit behind increased lung cancer tumor burden. Interview by Alyx Arnett Chronic circadian disruption—such as that experienced by rotating shift workers—has been linked to increased cancer risk, but the biological mechanisms that underpin this risk remain largely unknown. At Scripps Research,…
What is Look at the Book? You look at a Bible text on the screen. You listen to John Piper. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. And (we pray!) all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love.…
I had imagined mothering a large family would warm my world like a well-lit wood-burning stove. You would open the doors to our house and, like the music box of my childhood, a singular, sweet tune would play. You’d be welcomed by giggling children, prancing about like good-natured foals in a grassy field. Moving across…