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 that [...]
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, bread, [...]
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 states. [...]
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 from [...]
October 4, 2009 – 1:37 pm
If you need a heart transplant, or will need one in the next few decades, you’ll probably be in better shape in the near future, assuming you can wait a while. That’s because Sujoy Guha, an Indian biomedical engineer has conjured up a new artificial heart at a cost of about $3,000. That’s about $47,000 [...]
August 24, 2009 – 8:29 am
This is horrible. Last week’s brutal murder of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore made headlines, as her alleged killer is reality TV star Ryan Jenkins. We heard it was brutal, but we didn’t hear quite how inhuman it was. The California police department revealed yesterday that, in order to prevent the body from being identified, Jasmine’s [...]
August 16, 2009 – 2:50 pm
I don’t know about you, but I find it exceptionally annoying that if I don’t sleep for about 8 hours, my brain functionality drops like the apex of a Six Flags rollercoaster somewhere around 2pm. Not to mention the first half hour or so of the day immediately after I wake up, where if I [...]
August 10, 2009 – 12:41 am
This may make you think twice about whether you want to be forever young. Brook Greenberg is 16 years old, but she’s basically a baby. Her aging gene is essentially turned off. Either that, or she never had it. And doctors are still searching for whatever it is she doesn’t have. While there’s no hope [...]
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