Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The debate of whether women should be able to breastfeed their children in public is not a new one. In fact, it has been around for quite a while. Now, it seems that there is another contender who wants to put across her point. This young mother wanted to put her point across and has…

We all understand how important exercise and a healthy diet are to overall health, but did you realize that your feet may be a window into your health? Perhaps we should become a little more acquainted with our toes, even though many of us detest looking at them (either that or we joke about selling…

When you are falling asleep, you may feel hypnic jerks, also known as sleep beginnings, which are abrupt, involuntary contractions of your muscles. These jerks happen during the transition from wakefulness to sleep, which is referred to as hypnagogic (short for hypnic). Hypnic jerks usually only affect one side of the body, like the left…

Even though Christmas Eve is meant to be lovely, it frequently served as a sad reminder of love gone for me. Three years ago, I offered my coat to a homeless woman whose eyes were so familiar that they made me pause. She came back to my home this Christmas with a gray case and…

A person’s body experiences numerous changes as their life draws to a close, some of which could happen months before they pass away. But in the last 24 hours, family members might hear the “death rattle,” a familiar and frequently unnerving event. What is the ‘Death Rattle’? Medical News Today claims that the accumulation of…