Are we what we eat?In a new evolutionary proof of the old adage, 'we are what we eat', Cornell University scientists have found tantalizing evidence that a vegetarian diet has led to a mutation that -- if they stray from a balanced omega-6 to omega-3 diet -- may make people more susceptible to inflammation, and by association, increased risk of heart...
Science vs. Religion: It's all in our heads
Credit: © IMG_191 / Fotolia Clashes between the use of faith vs. scientific evidenceto explain the world around us dates back centuries.If I understand the research in this report and in other studies posted here, the seeming conflict between faith...
What's in a name? Longer life & more success if. . .
Credit: Michigan State University This chart shows the life expectancy of black males and black names, 1802-1970.Giving characters a name is one of the pleasures of writing, as is, to be honest, using a person particularly disliked as...
How science literate are we as a society?
How science literate are we? How science literate is the population of the U.S?This is one tough question.First, how do you quantify science literacy and by what measure? Is it enough to understand the basic concepts of science as taught...
Why humans invented pottery 16,000 years ago
dailymail.co.ukA reconstructed early pottery vessel from Torihama, Japan,dating to the end of the Late Pleistocene (ca 12,000 years old). Chemical analysis revealed that such vessels were used to process fish during the late Glacial period.Why...
Sunbathers live longer. No one knows why.
Sunbathing season is near, so the report of this research conclusion is particularly good (?) news for worshipers of Sol and the healthy tan. Yes, there's still a risk of skin cancer, yadda yadda, but. . . longer life? Awesome. Break...
How much blood could Dracula drink before killing you?
Dracula (1931), directed by Tod Browning starring Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, and David Manners, story by Bram Stoker, adapted for the screen from the Garrett Fort stage play by Hamilton Deane & John L. Balderston.A joy of reading...
Conservatives and liberals do think differently
Credit: © igor / Fotolia When solving short (non-political) verbal problems in an experiment, liberals weremore likely than conservatives to achieve solutions with a sudden insight or "Aha!"Conservatives and liberals do think differentlyResearch...
Human habitat 1.8 million years was no picnic - despite park-like setting
Credit: M.Lopez-Herrera via The Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project and Enrique Baquedano. Artist's rendition of an early human habitat in East Africa 1.8 million years ago.Whether you write pre-historical fiction a la' best-selling...
Writing a "Bromance"? Here's a report on the health benefits
Credit: © jagodka / Fotolia A new study looked at male rats housed in the same cage, and demonstrated that mild stress can actually make male rats more social and cooperative thanthey are in an unstressed environment, much as humans come...
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