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
Although many of us are desensitized to the big city life, a feeling of uneasiness or discomfort is common to many people while inside a relatively full bus, subway, or shopping center. We have all felt this to one extent or another, and we are all aware
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
Let’s not mince words: species are currently going extinct a rate 1000 times the normal background rate outside of periods of mass extinction (think of the dinosaurs). The issue of biosphere stability is so serious relative to human survival that even the mainstream media have started
Discussions about genetic engineering tend to focus around pesticide resistance and Monsanto. Much like with electricity, genetic modification is simply an enabling technology: its ethical repercussions are dependent on what is being done and how. With the emergence of Australian genetically modified bananas, which
If written or spread early enough, and not investigated, any myth can start to cement itself into the consciousness of human populations. All it takes to uncover the truth is to the look into real data, but we rarely look past what we think
From the international to the local level, climate change (or a state shift in terms of climate states) is a leading issue. The factors that weigh into climate systems are many, and we cannot forgot that no system on this planet is driven by
Asking the question of whether it is safe to be taking birth control pills yields differing results, depending on the context. Officially, and publicly, according to the US Department Of Health And Services: “Birth control pills are safe and work well in preventing pregnancy. Using
