On first glance, you might think that a cold is just a mild flu, and fact this might be the case 15-20% of the time due to the fact that they share many symptoms and even look similar on the molecular level (not genetically, though).
When I was younger, I used to think the Seralini study had something worth saying. The fact that he didn’t actually release the raw data at the beginning seemed unimportant, and I saw reason to at least consider what he found. After reading more
Although concrete is the most used building material in the world, it has a serious flaw. It can crack with ease under tension. When these cracks become too large, they in turn lead to corrosion of the steel reinforcement inside, which not only results
Long before humans understood genes, they were selectively breeding animals (like dogs, sheep, etc) and plants to improve desired characteristics. Much of what we eat today on the international plate were crops that were once only grown in specific corners of the world, and
This might sound far-fetched, but ironically the idea isn’t even new. Since around the 1970s, humans have been successfully turning agricultural waste into actual food with the help of fungus and/or bacteria. In fact there exists at least one highly successful food based on
You read that right: the overly thin and the overly thick are both tending towards shorter and less healthy lives with greater chances of an early death. It even appears that when faced with being overweight or underweight, being overweight carries the greater advantage.
It sounds preposterous: life as we know it is a slave to time and one of the key conditions of living is that a grave awaits us. But is this really a fact, or simply how it normally works? If we could stop aging,
We can basically all agree that the best way to feed the world would involve as little spraying as possible, as few added chemicals as possible, have plants defend themselves against pests or diseases, and then have them carry as many nutrients as possible to our
I was recently discussing birth control with friends of mine, about the various costs and advantages of each system. We discussed condoms, emphasizing their relative safety in use (for preventing both pregnancy and disease). We also discussed “the pill,” which the Germans call “the
In the mountains of the Amazon, the Yanomami live an existence separate from civilization as we know it. Discovered in 2009 in Venezuela, with their exact location being been kept secret to protect them, the Yanomami presented the ability to compare the bacteria in their guts with
