The debate about the use (or danger) of synthetic vitamins has been going on for years, and depending on which vitamin we are talking about: there may be a difference, or none at all, in how your body deals with it. To clarify, a
The modification of plants using selective breeding, phytohormones which change how cells react or perceive themselves and their environment, for instance allowing an older plant to bloom or grow new roots, and even genomic editing are nothing new to the world of agriculture. The
Even though few of us in the “civilized” world notice it: there is an ever-dwindling supply of clean water on this planet. That which remains continues to be polluted, used in industry, and sold in little plastic bottles. Water is the most important and
The short answer is: MSG is bad for you. Still, you can forgive some for not yet knowing this as the evidence of the negative effects of monosodium glutamate have only come to full fruition within the last 10 years. A meta-analysis published in 2006
US border patrol agents encountered approximately 19,500 unaccompanied children crossing the US border in the fiscal year of 2009 (beginning October 2008). Since then, the annual total has more than doubled to 57,525. To put this increase in context, the total in 2013 was only 27,884,
The biggest hard alcohol drinkers on the globe aren’t from Germany, Russia, or Ukraine. In fact, the biggest spirit drinkers are sipping on Soju, astoundingly in South Korea. South Koreans drink an average of 13.7 shots of liquor per week on average, which is more than
Brazil’s Indian Affairs Department, FUNAI, announced last week that an uncontracted tribe emerged from the rainforest near the Brazil-Peruvian border and made peaceful contact on June 29th with Brazilian government scientists. Villagers from a settled indigenous community, know as the Ashaninka, radioed Brazilian authorities
This graphic speaks for itself and cites its sources, and a more recent 2013 study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, verified the same as all the larger studies referenced in this image: there is absolutely no connection between vaccines and autism. The issue isn’t
This presentation by Gary Wilson, who admittedly is not a psychologist but instead a physician, is very well laid out and explains the natural reasoning behind the fact that essentially every guy with an internet connection has had experience with porn. Its main effects,
Cancer is a disease of malfunctioning cell division, which has been around since at least the dawn of civilization, is a common human problem: you cannot drive your chances of getting it down to 0%. That said, there are a number of things you can
