ABOUT PAUL LANGERHANS
Paul Langerhans (25/7/1847 to 20/7/1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. He studied the pancreas and noticed unique polygonal cells within the parenchyma of the pancreas. He provided a detailed description of microscopic pancreatic structures. He did not know the significance of these cells at the time of his research. In 1893, the French histologist, G.E. Laguesse, …

Sometimes, you see things – possibly the things you long for more than anything else, or perhaps the thing you fear the most. But in reality, you haven’t. Turns out, it is nothing but your brain playing tricks with you. It’s just your delusion.
WHAT IS DELUSION ?
Quoting the definition – “It is a false belief brought about without appropriate external …

Scientists specializing in studying human sleeping habits may have found a link between sleep schedules and obesity, states a report from WebMD and other news outlets. Specifically, the scientists at the University of Munich’s Institute of Psychology have coined a term called “social jet lag” which refers to the incongruity between your sleep schedule during the week and the weekend. …

About 1/3 of our lives is lost in an incompletely understood mystery called sleep. There is no limit to the most complex organ of human body called brain that often fails to understand phenomena generated by itself. I had posted about Sleep paralysis a long back, and the topic of today’s discussion seems to be an exactly opposite phenomenon.
“Silently the …