Three Minute Science: Your Brain On MDMA or “Molly”

The genius’ at AsapSCIENCE share in three minutes what exactly happens when folks take the party drug MDMA (“Molly”).

I’ll admit here I’ve never taken “Molly” or “Ecstasy” or any party drug, not that I judge those who do. A couple of cocktails is about all this party animal can handle 🙂

Hit the video to find out why you feel so good during the drug’s effects and why you don’t feel so great after.

Science: 5 Ways Social Media Affects the Brain

5 ways – good and bad – that participating in social media affects your brain.

Here’s just two:

Social media can make it harder to multi-task.

Plus, 80% of the interaction on social media is one way, making the conversations mainly about ourselves. And since most folks like when the focus is on ourselves, dopamine gets released similar to having sex or falling in love.

2-minute science lesson: How much sleep do you need?

The guys at Asap Science explore the question: how much sleep do we really need?

Obviously, we can sometimes suffer from not enough sleep, but can you suffer from too much sleep?

Do some folks have a genetic advantage when it comes to sleep?

Watch below and be smarter in two minutes.

Plus, if you want to know how to get better sleep, click over to this video for helpful hints.