August 23, 2010 – 9:54 am
Is there a method of disposing of the remains of deceased humans which is a less carbon-intensive method than cremation? According to the good scientists in Belgium there is. Funeral directors there would like to give the green light to something called Resomation, a water and alkali-based process which turns bodies into a mix of [...]
This piece is loosely based on information, originally brought to public attention in 1997 via Stephen R. Braun’s 224-page book: Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine. First of all, know this: the human brain, and caffeine are not explained easily by modern science. When you are awake, brain neurons are shooting away [...]
According to a shocking new study, the cost of treating cancer in the United States almost doubled over the past two decades. However the cost of cancer drugs is not necessarily the cause. While the price of new cancer treatments is indeed soaring, researchers conclude that the rising costs were mostly driven by the growing [...]
Men, did you know that in the last second your bodies each produced at least 1,500 sperm cells? Now you do. Here’s how it happened: For the last 40 years scientists thought stem cells in the testicles, called germline stem cells, become sperm through a simple, two-step process. That is not so. Germline stem cells [...]
January 24, 2010 – 1:08 pm
New genetic findings suggest that early humans living about one million years ago became at one point very close to extinction. Well, this genetic evidence suggests that the population of early human species back then, including Homo erectus, Homo ergaster and archaic Homo sapiens, was made up of about 18,500 individuals. It is widely held [...]
January 21, 2010 – 10:11 am
According to Buddhist doctrine, we spend most of our time in this world in a kind of daydream. In this “daydream” we are relating to what is going on in our personal world but our sense of reality is heavily filtered by memories, habits, projections about the future etc. During the night, when we are [...]
January 4, 2010 – 8:17 am
For those of you who consume mass quantities of bread as part of your high-carbs diet, or thinking that it is among the healthiest things that you can eat, hold the phone, this one’s for you. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, and oats. It is contained in pizza, pasta, [...]
December 20, 2009 – 10:13 am
Nearsightedness or Myopia is when the eyes focus incorrectly, making distant objects appear to be blurred. The problem can be cured by corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery. A new study by the National Eye Institute shows that nearsightedness or Myopia has risen in America 66%. In the 1970′s the percentage of people who [...]
December 14, 2009 – 8:57 pm
Today the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the results of a three-year investigation of municipal water supplies across the U.S. The research and advocacy group examined the results of water quality tests performed by water utilities since 2004 and created an extensive database that contains info on the contaminants found in 48,000 communities in 45 [...]
November 16, 2009 – 2:41 pm
To think that cigarette smoking among adults is on a steady decline and has been since the 70′s or 80′s is actually false. Check out some of this new data: For the first time in 15 years, cigarette smoking slightly rose this year. About 21% of U.S. adults said that they smoked. This report comes [...]
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