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Rituals, routine, and the holidays: the hidden gift to your mental health

The rituals you perform this holiday season may have a bigger impact on your mental health than you think. Whether you decorate for the holidays right when Thanksgiving ends or eat exactly 12 grapes at midnight on New Year, many of us rely on traditions.

Silent brain damage: how hypertension plays a role

A new study published in Neuron suggests that the brain sustains damage from hypertension long before any measurable rise in blood pressure, upending previous assumptions and opening new avenues for early intervention.

A foundation of trust

Archaeological work in the Xingu territory of Brazil is rewriting assumptions about civilization in the Amazon. Through decades of partnership between the Kuikuro people and Western researchers, evidence of a large, complex civilization in the Brazilian territory has emerged.

Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past

Monte Sierpe, translated as the “serpent mountain,” is located in the Pisco Valley of Southern Peru. The “Serpent Mountain” is known for its thousands of precisely aligned holes to resemble the look of a snake.