More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes. – Jeffrey Kluger
The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. – Jeffrey Kluger
Toxins love to get you while youre young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when its mature and comparatively fixed. – Jeffrey Kluger
No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist? – Jeffrey Kluger