There is some correlation between naturally deep voices and men’s health that could explain why men with deeper voices are perceived as healthier by many people. A deeper voice is caused by the presence of more testosterone in the body. Testosterone is posited to take away energy from the immune system, so only men not under stress and in peak physical condition can afford to develop more testosterone-dependent traits like deeper voices and bigger bodies. Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
