Smithsonian.com. At last count, at least 33 people in the world could tell you what they ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on February 20, 1998. Or who they talked to on October 28, 1986. Pick any date and they can pull from their memory the most prosaic details of […]
Source: The Economist: IN “TIME’S Arrow”, a novel by Martin Amis, the protagonist experiences time backwards. Eating involves regurgitating food into his mouth, sculpting the mush with his tongue, packaging it up and selling it to a grocery store. The passage on defecation is best left undescribed. Such a comic […]
April 3, 2013 – 20:11 A mystery which has been puzzling space scientists for more than 80 years may be on the verge of an explanation, thanks to the $2 […]
Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think. by Robert Lanza, MD CHIEF SCIENTIFIC […]
ScienceDaily. Mar. 27, 2013 — Getting a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy for women at menopause. Exercise may help, but women can have a tough time carving out leisure time for it. The good news from a study published online today in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, […]
Source: Science Daily A new study found that obstructive sleep apnea, a common form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), is associated with increased rates of ADHD-like behavioral problems in children as well as other adaptive and learning problems. “This study provides some helpful information for medical professionals consulting with parents about […]
Source: Science Daily If you think your inability to concentrate is a hopeless condition, think again — and breathe, and focus. According to a study by researchers at the UC Santa Barbara, as little as two weeks of mindfulness training can significantly improve one’s reading comprehension, working memory capacity, and […]
By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat, MBBS, DCH (UK), FCPS (Pakistan) Assistant Professor, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Pakistan A tool of nature which has been claimed to help Alter the […]
Source: Huff Post, by Kelly Bulkeley. Two kinds of answers have been offered to this riddle. The first claims that the mind is nothing but the brain. Every aspect of mental life can be entirely and completely explained as a product of the physical properties of neural functioning. The second […]
Source: ScienceDaily. Mar. 22, 2013 — Recent research in laboratory medicine has revealed crucial differences between men and women with regard to cardiovascular illness, cancer, liver disease, osteoporosis, and in the area of pharmacology. Typically perceived as a male illness, cardiovascular disease often displays markedly different symptoms among women. While a […]
Source: ScienceDaily. Mar. 15, 2013 — The cyanobacterium Synechocystis produces toxins that often lead to its own demise. The biologists Stefan Kopfmann and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hess from the University of Freiburg have determined the logic governing this mechanism. Their findings have been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry(JBC) and PLoS ONE. […]
Mercola.com: A typical American comes in regular contact with some 6,000 chemicals and an untold number of potentially toxic substances on a less frequent basis. There are about 75,000 chemicals […]
Source: Huff Post, by Richard Schiffman. God is not on anyone’s side. Or, rather, God is on the side of Truth. And Truth is not the exclusive possession of any particular group or political ideology. There have been some fascinating studies about the effects of meditation in recent years. Buddhist […]
Northern Lights Source: BBC By Paul Rincon: Science editor, BBC News website Russian scientists have claimed the discovery of a new type of bacterial life in water from a buried […]
How Intermittent Fasting Stacks Up Among Obesity-Related Myths, Assumptions, and Evidence-Backed Facts By Dr Mercola: Is it a good idea to “starve” yourself just a little bit each day? The […]
Source: Kailoola Production Teaser: http://vimeo.com/58447727 Dear All, By way of a quick update on our documentary film on the science and life of Dr. Abdus Salam: having filmed in the US, […]
By Zubair Khan Photographie: Abdullah Adeel Land of pure, its leaders as well masses have shunned and vilified Dr. Salaam. Even Pakistan history has been mitigated to denounce this great man of the Pakistani soil. However still there are some loyal organisations, entities and sons of soil who feel their […]
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RT: Ever can’t help but think you’re surrounded by idiots? A leading scientist at Stanford University thinks he has the answer, and the bad news is things aren’t likely to […]
RT: The world’s first bionic eye has been approved by America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The futuristic retinal prosthesis will be used to treat a certain type of blindness. […]