A new study published in the journal Cell, by Victoria Ratcliffe and David Reby, should lend some relief to dog owners who enjoy talking with their pets. The new research indicates that if you are one of them: you’re probably not as crazy as your
Despite the constant berating we receive on Aaron Jackson’s “Homosexuality Is Natural” text, the fact remains that people are not only not given the choice of their sexual orientation, but that homosexuality has a natural precedence in the animal and human context. For years,
Astrology is the study of how the position of the stars relative to us on Earth have a supposed effect on people here, primarily based on their date of birth. Of course, most (or all) astrological predictions are worded so vaguely that anyone looking
Although a few stops short of a zombie apocalypse, and a bit more exciting than toxoplasmosis (which may affect 1/3 of humans), a newly found algae virus appears to be negatively impacting the cognitive abilities of at least those living in cities on the ocean.
A lack of sleep can contribute to many health problems such as blood pressure, weight gain, and even diabetes. It also can affect our memory, looks and sex life. Doctors say that most people need about 8 hours of daily (night) sleep to be up to achieving
There are a lot of voices that protest that all pedophiles are monsters, subhuman, or not worthy of life. But, isn’t this position forgetting that a person’s impulses do not equal their personality, does it not ignore chances for change or creating strategies help
The problem here is pervasive throughout the world of medicine and science: publication bias. This is the reason that a review of 53 studies relating to cancer drug targets only led to 6 being actually replicable. The positive results, which say that something works or
1. Over half a million people are homeless On any given night, there are over 600,000 homeless people in the US according to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Most people are either spending the night in homeless shelters or in
Why does sexual abuse continue to happen so often in our society, so much that approximately 1/5 to 1/4 of all women experience rape or attempted rape? Well, that statistic might be a tiny bit misleading, so let’s break down what the CDC has
“Magic mushrooms” are simply mushrooms which contain the active ingredient psilocybin. The “magic” is its interaction with the receptors in your brain, and like other hallucinogens, it distances your experience of the moment from your preconceived notions of reality. When used therapeutically, hallucinogens can
