Score one for conspiracy theorists. Our minds are being controlled by outside forces - but Obama and DARPA aren't to blame.* In keeping with the theme that little critters have a lot more to do with our world than we thought, at least two of these (a protozoan and a virus) are widespread in humans and... Continue Reading →
Words Are Sexy
As I've long surmised, lexiconic erudition has salubrious effects similar to sybaritism. Well, that's not exactly true, but you get the point. According to a new study, learning new words triggers feelings similar to those you get from having sex. Evolutionarily, this may have helped encourage language development. I wonder if learning in general also stimulates the... Continue Reading →
Sad Blood
What if we could diagnose depression with a simple pin prick? According to an article in Science, this could become a reality soon, because depressed people tend to have different levels of certain RNA molecules in the blood. We probably all know someone who has experienced depression. Maybe understanding some of the markers of depression will... Continue Reading →
Smelly Pits
Not only do our armpits create odors, it turns out they can also detect odors. In fact, skin cells throughout our bodies have chemical receptors much like some of those in our noses. These receptors detect certain chemicals, triggering healing, defense, and other responses. This is yet another amazing way that our bodies interact with... Continue Reading →
Practice Unhygiene
A note from Poppa: I currently have 31 tabs open in my Google Chrome browser, and another few in Safari. A plurality of these are articles from Science Magazine - when I come across something interesting, or when I'm doing research, I'll keep the tab open until I can incorporate it into a post or otherwise... Continue Reading →
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