Learning new languages boosts your brain

Learning new languages improves the brain, says a new study. Observing benefits of young recruits' learning new languages at Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, researchers found areas of their brains developing. They include the hippocampus and a deeplying brain structure that is involved in learning new material and spatial navigation.

Playing violent games turns teenagers violent

Teenagers who play violent games over a number of years tend to become more aggressive to a new long-term study. The study on 1492 adolecents suggests a clear link between violent games and hostile behaviour. Long time players aggressive reacted to unintentional provocations.

Your sleeping brain remembers

Researchers at the University of California have discovered that some areas of brain behave as though they are remembering something during sleep and even under anaesthesia. The first-ever measuring of activity of brain regions involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer's  disease contradicts conventional theories about memory consolidation during sleep, reports Science Daily.

Eyes can kill germs

When it comes to germ killing, eyes are really powerful. A team of researchers at UC Berkeley say the small fragments of keratin protein in the eye can help keep pathogens at bay. The researchers say small fragments of keratin protein in the eye can ward off pathogens.