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Women Wear White To Promote Equality - But Other Colors Were Historically Important Also
During President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address, scores of Democratic congresswomen wore white to pay tribute to suffragists and their fight for women’s rights.
The Good News And Bad News Of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
It sounds ridiculous when it's so on-the-nose, but that kind of strategy is common because it works. It is why athletes lend their name to products, and why friends of athletes want them involved in companies. As is happening with this Defy beverage, which touts that it contains cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from the marijuana and is being pushed by David, a friend of the CEO.
The bad news: there is no way this is an anti-inflammatory
Statisticians Link Glyphosate To Greater Chance Of NHL Cancer In Meta-Analysis
Kids Running Lemonade Stands Understand The U-Shaped Curve Isn't Real, Why Don't Journalists?
Any scientist could have told them that and saved their money.
"Ultra-Processed" Food Is Not Killing People In France - Too Many Calories Are
Raw Milk Linked To Possible Bacterial Infections In 19 States
Raw milk, a recent trend by organic food lovers, lacks pasteurization, a process created by Louis Pasteur that has saved millions of lives by removing harmful bacteria like RB51. A cow that tested positive for RB51 has been removed from the milking herd and after one case of infection was confirmed in New York in November 2018, there are concerns that an unknown number of people may have been infected due to the milk from this farm.
The Genetics Of Having Perfect Pitch
Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven were able to precisely identify musical notes and there is certainly a genetic component to music like there is math or sprinting - while anyone can be functional with practice being truly great may take biology. Perfect (absolute) pitch is rare, even among expert musicians, and the relative contribution of genetics and experience to this ability remains debated.
This Is Your Brain On Love
Is love a mystery or can it be reduced to chemical processes in the brain? And, what are those chemical processes? And, perhaps most importantly, can you prepare the brain for love?
Falling in Love
When you are falling in love a kind of chemical bomb goes off in the brain. There’s a chemical storm of dopamine and noradrenaline that makes you feel excited and warm all over.
Oxytocin And Vasopressin - An Experiment Tackles The Chemistry Of Love And Altruism
New Research Does NOT Mean A World Without Insects
Please don’t be scared by this, it is just the journalists hyping things up again. It does not mean what it seems to mean from the headlines. Insects can’t vanish and we will continue to be able to grow our crops and do agriculture. The study itself involves a lot of extrapolation on inadequate data, not their fault, it is just that there hasn’t been that much research done on insect populations for them to draw on. 73 studies is not a lot for the whole world and the studies are limited.
This is another example of hugely hyped up research with click bait headlines. Journalists do love a good “catastrophe” - this is generating terrifying headlines for the easily scared.
Genesis In Space: Israel Is About To Be The Fourth Country To Have A Moon Mission
On February 22nd, 2019, give or take weather events, the Beresheet Moon lander, once one of the candidates for the Google Lunar X-Prize, will make Israel the fourth country with a moon mission. And its $100 million for planning and execution has been made possible through cooperation of private individuals, corporate and government groups, and academia.
L’Oréal Foundation / UNESCO announced laureates of the 21st International Awards For Women in Science
After 25 Years Of Chaos, FDA Signals For Reform When It Comes To Supplement Oversight
But a recent statement by him, coupled with a raft of warning letters to supplement companies, signals that might change.
Lawyers Don't Always Win Against Doctors And Hospitals - Like In Facial Trauma Lawsuits
Mammography, Treatment Improvements Have Prevented 483,000 Breast Cancer Deaths In The U.S. Since Just 1989
Have You Appeared In A Racist Photo Or Harassed Women? Here's How To Say 'I'm Sorry'
“I’m sorry.”
These two words may seem simple, but the ability to express them when you’re in the wrong is anything but – particularly for those in the public eye.
Kratom Is A Drug, But Indonesia Really Wants It To Remain An Unlicensed Supplement
If they were required to show it works, the way pharmaceutical products must, they'd be out of business. If they could pass a double-blind clinical trial, or any homeopathic product could, they'd spend the money in a second, because every supplement that wants to be legitimized yearns for U.S. Food and Drug Administration legitimacy. FDA may have flaws, like all groups do, but it is the gold standard for the world.
Beer Before Wine And You Won't Feel Fine
Plenty of us have been there: waking up after a night out with a thumping headache, feeling sick and swearing never to touch alcohol again. If only there were a way to prevent these terrible hangovers.
It isn’t uncommon for us to mix our drinks, maybe a beer in the pub before moving on to wine. Folk wisdom has something to say about this: “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer.” This idea is very prevalent and versions of it occur in many languages. In my native country, Germany, for example, we say: “Wein auf Bier, das rat’ ich Dir—Bier auf Wein, das lass’ sein.” This translates as: “Wine on beer, I’ll advise you to drink beer on wine.”